Pam: Antique String Quilt

Pam found this "mother-of-all" string quilts in rural Eastern Washington.  IT IS HAND-PIECED!!  We did not find any foundation fabric.

Patty: Rebels Challenge

Challenge fabric featured in medallion.

Pam: "Made Fabric" String Quilt

Nifty: Tea Cozies

Nifty is having too much fun these days with these Ikea fabric Tea Cozies. Note the exuberant fringe on the top one.

Rebels Challenge: Medallion by Pam

Challenge fabric is the the one in the center.  Amazing eclectic fabric choices!

Mary E: Modern Fussy Cut Block

Mary made this block in a workshop with Katie Pedersen at the Quilting Loft in Ballard.  Looks like a great design for a whole quilt to me.

Patsy finishes Judy Roberson workshop quilt

Workshop:  use of inserts using Judy Robertson's great hand dyed fabrics

Patsy: Finishes Carol Taylor workshop circle quilt

Note:  Free-cut circles,  border piecing, batiks held down with black and white contrast

Tea with Victoria!

The Rebels got together this weekend to celebrate Victoria's new book,
15 Minutes of Play.

Miki, me, Alexis, Patty, Buffy, Em, Victoria

We had show and tell, of course!

Em showed her LOVE quilt, which we all loved.

Miki showed her recent finish.  Lots of "ooh's" and "ah's."

And the AAQI quilt she made from the scraps.  

Alexis showed this beauty, which she had finished just that morning.

Buffy brought her most recent quilting project.  Everyone oogled over her quilting.  Too bad you can't see it.  She used red thread, brilliantly.

I showed the tea cozies I made with Ikea fabric for the occasion.

Most of these gals have quilts in the book, along with many others.  

You'll find SO much inspiration in 15 Minutes of Play. 

 If you don't already have your signed copy, 

you can purchase it here!

Miki: Improv quilt with big stitch quilting

Stripes and polka dots, always a winning combination.

Patty pulls UFO from closet to finish

Miki: Palette Challenge Quilt top

Estate Sale Find by Patty, Dresden Plate

Note:  ice cream cone border, idiosyncratic appliqued crosses, and Nile green fabric.

Baby Quilt by Mary E.

Corrected information:  Fabrics  by Malka Dubrawsky, pattern a variation of Malka's, found in her book, Fresh Quilts.

Pam's Chair Topper

Fun with taupes and red!

Patty makes a Pine Burr Block

Patty made this block; inspired by a quilt at the Bold Expressions:  African American Quilts from the Collection of Corrine Riley.  Patty had trouble finding directions.  If anyone has a reference send it on.  Sounds like she's not up for a whole quilt, although it would use a ton of her scraps.

Can this quilt be saved?

It just doesn't work.  Men's shirts, stash solids, and splash of Judy Robertson  fabric.

Lots better.  Still not "drop dead beautiful, but fun and will work.  Strips made of two Kaffe fabrics, one piece of thrift market yardage, and one plaid table cloth.  

Quilt now 61"x77".  Restructured by Buffy and Nifty.

A Bold Expression

Here's what Buffy and I made today!  70 x 79"

To see the inspiration and process, visit niftyquilts.

Mary E makes a green bag: 60's revisited

Vintage  thrift market pique of unknown fiber type

Pam: Log Cabin from hand-dyed fabric

Pam found hand-dyed fabric at an estate sale, and had fun making this top.

Cindy finishes UFO

Cindy bought this partially finished quilt at a sale.  She hasn't quite finished the quilting.  Design by Pacific Rim Quilt Company

Rebel Challenge in 3 Dimensions

Dawn's Boxes

Roberta: Virgin of Guadalupe with dimensional embroidery

Miki: International Round Robin Block

Dawn's Wedding Chickens, and "Regular" Chicken

Dawn:  quilter in 3 dimensions

Miki's Wonky Stars in Peach & Blue

Start of Medallion

Miki: Men's plaid shirts with inserts

Quilt Back Challenge

Challenge:  Make quilt back for thrift market quilt top, using only left over thrift market fabrics.
Had to add yellow from stash.  Seems men's shirts come mostly in red and blue.

Buffy's Hat and Bag from collaged fabrics

Sun hat worn backwards, McCall's Pattern M4400 and Puget Sound in fog

Messenger Bag, McCall's Pattern M4400

Collage of 60's Flower Power minidress (princess style) and Liz wear blouse in French provincial style, plus random flannel to fill spaces.

Bags, Bags, Bags

Inspired by post on Deb Rowdan's blog about Green Bag Lady Bags, I decided to whip up a few bags.  I cut handles 26",

debrowden.blogspot.com   post of 5/18/12

greenbaglady.blogspot.com

From left to right:  thrift market pillow case, random furnishing fabric of unknown origin in stash, 6 bags from vintage Vera table cloth (from thrift market, and gift from Nifty), messenger bag from collage of thrift market fabric, McCalls pattern M4400.

More Batik Magic from Patty

Great complementary color scheme! 

Mary's Machine Quilting

Fearless Mary went on a retreat, and just sat down and decided to quilt and finish her whimsical house quilts.  

June Rebels: Patty does African

Great border, and collection of fabrics.

Patsy takes Judy Robertson workshop

Can't beat Judy Robertson fabrics!
Workshop was on narrow insert technique, but Judy provided the colored fabric.

Rebels 2012 Challenge: Roberta

When Roberta starts beading, magic happens.

Rebel's Challenge 2012: Patty

Great color!