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In our younger years my friend
Annette Kazmierski and I " sowed our wild oats." Our lives took
different paths after we left high school. We didn't see each other
until 35 years later when we came face to face in a grocery store. It
was like we had never been apart! As we rekindled our friendship, she
wanted to learn how to quilt so we took on the project of making
"Summer Retreat." Here is the outcome. Today it is quilt blocks we are
"sewing"! Thank you for the wonderful inspiration that keeps our
friendship growing. Mavis Kowalski, WI |
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twin-sized quilts called "Sweet Dreams Blooming" for my granddaughters
Kayla (7) and Morgan (5). Pulling the flowers and animals from several
sources, I arranged them in this landscape that my stepdaughter Susan
helped design. To personalize each quilt I stitched my granddaughters'
birth date on the birdhouses, "carved" their initials on the trees,
and quilted their names on hills in the background. Just fro fun, I
hid caterpillars and spiders under leaves. My husband Bob came up with
the idea of eyes peeking out of the tree knots. Esther Ciani
Meinhardt, FL |
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My students made "Little Bolshoi"
quilt using the pattern in Christiane Meunier's
Easy Art Quilts
(Chitra Publications, 2000). Quite a few of the quilts were entered in
the Alameda Quilt Show that my shop Quilt Fans sponsored. Here is
Erika Stewart's brightly colored quilt that she made with batiks. My
students are now making a different pattern from the same book.
Cathy Simcox-Rodriguez, CA To order a
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With the cold and snow of January 2003,
this little quilt was a pleasure to work on. The sun and its rays are a
paper-pieced Fan block. the flowers are yo-yo's. The quilt is hand appliquéd
and hand quilted. Jill Finger, NY
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When I saw "Star Spangled Banner"
in Miniature Quilts
issue 59, I knew I had to make it. Because of all those pieces, I
decided to make the Big 'N Easy version. Little did I know how much
others would love it. I've had to make three of them for friends who
don't quilt and still don't have one of my own! Thanks to Miniature
Quilts, I'm constantly finding new Ideas and challenges. Nancy Reck,
CA |
| I thought you would like to see how
"Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue!" turned out. I made it with the
pattern in Miniature
Quilts issue 54 and added a bow of red, white and blue raffia to
jazz it up even more. Joanne Schwiegerath, MD |
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When I sprayed a quilt to remove any markings, husks in
the unbleached batting leached into the pristine white top. After several
unsuccessful attempts at bleaching the marks out, I started over. The
outcome was "Feathers and Cable Whole-Cloth," which won first place at my
guild's quilt show held at the International Plowing Match last summer. It's
not only quilted, but trapuntoed. I'm pleased with the way Bertha Reth
Tribuno's design turned out. You may be interested to know I was able the
remove the brown spots from my first quilt be using dishwashing detergent. I
realize this is not recommended as the quilt may disintegrate at any time.
So in the future I'll be more judicious about the use of unbleached batting!
I love Miniature Quilts and always look forward to the latest issue.
Colleen Richardson, ON Canada |
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