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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

MVQU - Show and Tell - February 8, 2011

Marian Schwartz brought her "Desert Paprika." The quilt was paper pieced from a kit purchased at the Sisters, Oregon show in 2008.

Joyce Keating showed her "Soldier Quilt" which was quilted by Angie Miller.

Barbara Zygiel treated us to "Birthday Baby Quilt" which she created for a new nephew who is expected to arrive in June.

Pat Alfredson created China Doll and

"Bull's Eyes"


New member T. Carter brought "Grandma's House" which is based on her Grandma's house, a 1901 homestead in Mt. Lake, Minnesota. (Just in case anyone thinks the rooster in the left foreground is a bit out of scale, T explained that the family always talked about the rooster as if it was larger than life - so she made it larger than life.)

This is the back of T's quilt

Libby Dudley displayed "Julia's Quilt" which was created using fabrics won at the drawing during the 2009 MVQU challenge reveal. The quilt was made for her 17 year old neice in California.

Libby's second quilt was "Sunrise Surprise". The quilt was created from 1950's and early 1960's scraps and Roman Stripe strips found in a shoebox bought at the October 2010 auction. This quilt used only half of the scraps - so - watch for more to come.

Finally after two large quilts Libby decided to downsize and do a fun Valentine quilt for a doorknob decoration for the front door. She now thinks it will be displayed in her kitchen since it just might disappear from the front door.

Mary Mazzuchi brought "Jeff's Tee Shirt Quilt" which she created for a friend using his Harley Davidson tee shirts.

And last - but definitely no least - we have Sienna Smith's "Churn Dashabout". A group of quilts featuring churn dash blocks in various settings.

With sashing

Another with sashing

No sashing

Another without sashing

Sashing with cornerstones

Single Color sashing

On point

Another on point

And one with the blocks skewed

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