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!

Patty's Batiks, Square in a Square

Rebel's Challenge: Buffy

Work in progress.  Maybe good for practicing thread painting.
24"x24"

Rebel's Challenge, Nifty

Nifty used the challenge fabric in one of her Streak Of Lightening blocks, i.e. lower left corner.  Inspired by quilt in BOLD IMPROVISATIONS,  by Scott Heffley.  That quilt has inspired multiple Rebels quilts

Rebel's Challenge, Mary's String Piecing

Dawn makes a box for Rebel's Challenge

Pattern from:   Zakka Style, compiled by Rashida Coleman-Hale.  She defines Zakka as an aesthetic and design style, mainly focused on household items that enhance one's environment.  

More from Rebel's Challenge

Miki:  Windows





Lisa:  work in progress, she's planning foliage applique in center

Pam's Rebel's Challenge Quilt

Challenge Fabric above, and Pam's Tropical Quilt below.  

Miki takes Gwen Marston workshop: Liberated Medallions

Exciting start!  Another great workshop, sponsored by Two Thimbles, Bellingham, WA

Buffy takes a Gwen Marston Workshop on Small Quilts, 5/19/12

First, my favorite of Gwen's small quilts.

Second, Gwen and Buffy, with Buffy's small quilt.  Photographer, Nifty, says she sorry about the antler, but we were meeting in the Bellingham, WA, Elks Club.  My quilt was made from the scraps from the Carol Taylor workshop.  Still lots of scraps, of course.

Gwen had a list of the advantages of making small quilts.  To her list, I would add:  a good way to use batting scraps; and one can make just as many mistakes on a small quilt, moving one's learning curve along.

Buffy's "Meditation," 15" x 15"

Started in Carol Taylor workshop on collage and couching, at La Conner Quilt Museum, La Conner, WA

More Folk Art House Quilts by Mary

Mary continues to amaze us with her whimsical house quilts.  These are for the carpenters remodeling her house.

Gee's Bend Workshop, Tina's Quilt

Tina, Nifty, Mary, Bonnie, and Victoria traveled to the Alabama Folk School for a workshop with China and Mary Ann Pettway.  This is Tina's quilt, which includes scraps from her mother as the sashing.

Dia de los Muertos Quilt by Em

This quilt top is just crammed with images and vignettes.  It's like reading a book to find all the stories and imaginative touches.

Rebels Challenge Fabric, Dianne makes a notebook cover

She says she has too many UFOs and has to limit challenge to small items.  First view:  back.  Second view:   closed.  Third view:  open to notebook.