PIQF #3 Some Pieced Quilts 10-17-09

Apologies for this late post - we had computer gremlins last night. Del

Some of my friends enjoy seeing pieced quilts, so today's post shows three pieced quilts of varying design aspects.

I have lived in SCalifornia for over fifty years, but I have not forgotten the long grey, drizzly winters outside of Portland, Oregon, so I can appreciate Mary-Margaret's desire to have a little Springtime in her quilt.

Her quilt is nicely square, but sometimes it is just not possible to stand exactly in front of a quilt to take a picture that shows off all its fine points. Mary-Margaret does very nice work.

I took two detail shots, one with flash and this one without. The flash completely wiped out the detail of the feather stitching, so I show you this photo which is not correct in color, but shows the free motion feathers.

Rebecca Rohrkaste's quilts are always a little bit different and usually bright colors. I appreciate her whimsical look at the back side of a brick wall - sort of like 'Toys in the Attic" that come alive in the night to assume a "human" life.

Notice that the sashing changes from orange to pink.

Carol defies the "rules" by experimenting with different techniques and combinations of those techniques.

Be sure to click on the picture to enlarge. It appears that she has couched yarns to fabric before cutting squares, giving a different texture to the surface of her quilt. Notice that she has used thread in different values or hues to stitch down the smallest squares and circles.