Rhapsody in Red  Rhapsody in Red is a wholecloth quilt my mother, Trudy Sondrol Wasson, created for the AQS show in Paducah several years back.

Mom was a big advocate ...

25th Wedding Anniversary Quilt  This is just the quilt top I had problems with the backing getting tucks.

I like all your suggestions and will probably try all of them. It is the ...

Memories  Hi Ladies,

I'm Loes Hogenelst and I live in The Netherlands.

In December 2009 the principal of my High School died.

While I was on the commemoration ...

Rail Fence Quilt - A sad but funny story all in one  I was looking to find some sanity and decided to make a quilt. (I am woman, hear me roar!) I can do this!

After reading many web pages, I found that ...

Storm At Sea  I was inspired by the Storm At Sea pattern on your site, so I started playing around with one of the coloring sheets myself.

This one's my favorite....

A Bug Jar Quilt -- not perfect  I went to a class downtown and found out how to make a bug jar quilt.

But I sewed too close to the seam lines and now they are coming apart. I like ...

Phil & Malinda's Wedding Quilt  I decided a month before the wedding to make my son and his new wife a quilt.

My girlfriend helped me with this one. We pieced it all in one day....

Amanda's Quilt  One of my beautiful granddaughters is part Japanese and proud of her heritage. When she graduated from college I made this Kaleidoscope pattern quilt ...

In Memory of Bobbi  I have a friend...she lost her best friend - a long time friend.

For this friend's funeral and giveaway she asked me to make a memorial quilt. It was ...

Sock Monkey Baby Quilt  I have made over 25 Sock Monkeys over the years for the family children and had one myself as a little girl.

Now my niece is expecting the first of ...

Lillian's Legacy  Lillian was an avid quilter and when she passed away her husband gave her quilting guild, the Jacksonville Museum Quilters, her fabric stash.

The quilters ...

Eyes of Youth 
The nicest things happen when you least expect it.

Like these three art quilts that were submitted today by Rose Legge, a fiber artist who calls Colorado ...

Eyes of Youth 
The nicest things happen when you least expect it.

Like these three art quilts that were submitted today by Rose Legge, a fiber artist who calls Colorado ...

Faithful Circle Quilters' 2011 Raffle Quilt and Show 
Celebration is the Faithful Circle Quilters' 2011 Raffle Quilt. Inspired by the Cinco de Mayo quilt pattern by Karen Stone and applique patterns by ...

Stars of the Prairie  Our 2012 raffle quilt, "Stars of the Prairie" is truly a guild project, with 75 members involved in its piecing and applique.

All of the stars, large ...

Baby Lone Star Quilt - Oct 2010  The lone star quilt with the green background is the quilt I made for the recent newborn in our family.

A Note from the Editor... Congratulations on ...

Minnesota Summer©  This original design by Audree Sells (a founding member of the Chaska Area Quilt Club) and Tracy Trevethan (of Tracy Trevethan Designs ) measures 78" by ...

Ohmygosh Supersized  I saw this quilt hanging on a wall in the background on a quilt website...and spent the next three days searching for the pattern name and order info.

I ...

Non Smokers Star  While my husband and I were driving through the States on vacation one year he asked me, "Shall we make a 'Fairy Tales' quilt?" He meant a quilt with lots ...

Heavenly Stars  I love stars and the color red! And this quilt has both in abundance!

While strolling the rows at the 2010 Minneapolis Quilt Market, I turned the corner ...

Cold Comfort  I was inspired by a wall hanging in Australian Patchwork and Quilting magazine in late 1998 or 1999. It had three snowflakes that I adapted, and I enjoyed ...

Cold Comfort  I was inspired by a wall hanging in Australian Patchwork and Quilting magazine in late 1998 or 1999. It had three snowflakes that I adapted, and I enjoyed ...

Sousa's Quilting Party  Our church based quilting group produces a quilt each year to support outreach efforts.

John Philip Sousa had a long time association with our church....

Ghost of the Quilt Walker  I am the chairman of the Panguitch Quilt Walk Festival in Panguitch Utah.

This quilt has been running through my mind for 13 years now and I just finished ...

SHH! She's Sleeping  It's a good thing there are attentive "white glovers" prowling the rows at quilt shows, because this stunning quilt begs to be touched! Who could resist ...

Show Me the Road to Timbuktu....a pictorial quilt 
Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun!
This pictorial quilt just grabbed me as I roamed the exhibits of the Spring Quilt Market in Minneapolis this year....

Three Color Study Quilt  This was one of the quilts that grabbed me at the 2010 Spring Quilt Market in Minneapolis.

This stunning french braid quilt was created by Alice Heckman....

Girlfriends  The fabulous women that I sew with decided to exchange a "girlfriends" block that was a self-portrait.

Each of us made 8 identical blocks and then ...

Too Much Birthday  This is what happened to the leftover 9 patch blocks after making my Birthday Quilt!

It's perfect for my kitchen counter.

Editor's Note: To see ...

Cathy's Birthday Quilt  Sandy and I saw this quilt in the JJ Stitches booth at the Rosemont Quilt Festival in Chicago a couple of years ago.

It was stunning then, and it looks ...

Is It Hot in Here or Is It Me?  This quilt was the result of a Pride of the Prairie Quilters guild challenge called "Polar Express".

I had not intended to participate in the challenge,...

Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend!  This quilt is made from a pattern by American Jane called "Snowy Peaks".

The technique is very simple to construct, just time-consuming. I think someday ...

Lovely in Lavender  This quilt was made for my niece in reproduction quilt fabrics. She chose about 3 lavender/purple fabrics and I pulled the remainder of the fabrics from ...

Country Lanes  I love quilts with lots of small pieces. This quilt was an opportunity to use small scraps since I cut each 1-1/2" square individually to make the 9-patches ...

30's Fan Quilt  This quilt makes me happy - great colors and beautiful quilting by Patty Hickerson just bring life to this quilt.



Julie says... If ...

Wedding Woolens  About 20 years ago I purchased salesman's samples of mens worsted woolens in blacks and grays.

My son was married this past summer and he sewed his ...

Blinking Stars  I love stars and the black and red called to me.




If you've enjoyed this quilt... Do let the quilter know! To share your comments... Just ...

Cathy's Fault  My husband is retired and went with me to Prairie Stitches Quilt Shoppe. He admired the eagle on this quilt and before I knew it, Cathy L. and he were ...

Lynn's Birthday Quilt  From a pattern from JJ Stitches in Sun Prairie, WI. Over 10,000 pieces but fun to do




If you've enjoyed this quilt... Do let the quilter ...

Little Red Zig Zag  Leftovers from a larger quilt of similar design. I like the smaller one better!




If you've enjoyed this quilt... Do let the quilter know!...

Promised Land  Made as a sample for Prairie Stitches Quilt Shoppe. I love the scrappy Irish Chain quilt pattern.

Pattern by Bonnie Blue Quilts
Approx. size 84" x ...

SPARLING  Sparling was named after my father, who's middle name was Sparling. I included his photo as a young boy on the quilt label on the back.

I began the ...

Ocean Paradise  Ocean Paradise by Betty Alofs
This quilt was made with Jan Krentz’s Fussy Cut Diamond ruler.

The background is all diamonds, and the ...

Mariner's Compass Quilt  This Mariner's Compass Quilt is from a pattern by Judy Mathieson. The name of the pattern is Costa Rican Cartwheel. It's in both a book of Judy's and a ...

"Stars and Logs" Log Cabin Quilt Pattern  Close-up of the quilting


This log cabin quilt was started in a workshop taught by Carolyn Beam on March 5, 1999.

Because I was a little ...

Aurora  Close-up #1
Close-up #2
Close-up #3

This was my entry for the 2010 Salt Creek Quilt Guild - Guild Challenge. Our challenge was ...

Savannah Courtyard Medallion Quilt  Another one bites the dust!

UFO that is. The Fons and Porter quilt pattern and fabric for this quilt were purchased in 1997. Over the years I would ...

Kitty Baby Quilt with Machine Embroidery  This little log cabin flannel quilt was a fun one to make for my daughter.

It's made from a collection of 1930's reproduction flannels and a couple ...

Red 'Runner  This shows the bottom half of a Generations Quilt Pattern titled "Elegant Table Runner", designed by Trudy Wasson.

I started it years ago, set it ...

The Why Ajo Quilt Show  We live in the small southwestern town Ajo, Arizona and we have a smaller community 10 miles south of us named Why, Arizona where some of our members also ...

Every Quilter Dreams  Hi, my name is Leonie West and I have been quilting for over thirty years, and have seen many changes in our tools and techniques that have enabled quilters ...

54-40 or Flight -- A Raffle Quilt for "Moms for Marines"  This is one quilt I made for my daughter's "Moms for Marines" picnic she holds every year for parents and families of Marines who are being deployed or ...

My "Oh My Gosh" Quilt  I pieced this quilt right after I had made The Birthday Quilt . The Civil War Reproduction fabrics I'd pulled were still singing for me, and it didn't ...

Norwegian Floral Fantasy by Trudy Wasson  This is a hand applique quilt designed, hand appliqued and free motion machine quilted by my mother, Trudy Wasson. She is the designer of all the Generations ...

The Birthday Quilt
A Nine Patch Quilt Pattern  This nine patch quilt is made from a pattern called "The Birthday Quilt" from JJ Stitches in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. What a cool store if you're into reproductions!...

The Gift   This quilt was started in a class taught by Pat Cox at the Sampler Quilt Shop in Chanhassen, MN. Pat also designed the applique quilt patterns used in ...

Gloria's Magic  I belong to a batik club at Patched Works in Elm Grove.

The batiks we were given that night were from "Artisan Batiks" by Robert Kaufman. Julie, the ...

Ground Zero  This quilt has 621 faces of the 2,400 people who died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, printed on fabric. Below is my artist statement....

Autumn Warmth  I did sun printing with freezer paper, hand cut print blocks, hand drew the dragonfly with a Sharpie, and used some over-dyed commercial fabrics.

I ...

Damnation and Deliverance  This quilt was made for the "Saligia" (Seven Deadly Sins) show of the Pittsburgh Society of Artists.

It was such fun to make. Each sin is in a square ...

Spring Blossom  This is my first commercial quilt which I can proudly say that I designed myself. I was given the border prints and from that I built up my quilt colour ...

Quilted Pearls Quilt Show  Northwest Suburban Quilters Guild (NSQG) is hosting Quilted Pearls, a quilt show celebrating their 30th anniversary as a quilt guild. The show will be ...

Celebrate San Diego!  After moving to San Diego from the East Coast, I fell in love with the weather, sights, ocean, and the many attractions.

I decided to design a quilt ...

English Roses
A Paper Piecing Quilt  I made this paper piecing quilt from a pattern called "English Roses" by Eileen Sullivan of The Designers Workshop . I love working with her quilt patterns....

Mom and Dad's Feathered Star Quilt  I made this feathered star quilt for my parents for their anniversary several years ago. It is from one of the "Quilted for Christmas" books (I think that'...

Starring Timeless Treasures  This is a fund-raising raffle quilt for the Pride of the Prairie Quilters of Plainfield, IL. It is an original design, created, paper-pieced and quilted ...

My Roseville
From a quilt pattern by Maggie Walker  I created this hand appliqued quilt from a quilt pattern called Roseville by Maggie Walker Designs.

Shirley Kranz, who is a teacher here in the Twin ...

The Mask Quilt  This was the mask quilt I made in a class with Karen Musgrave at Pieceful Heart Fabrics in Lisle, IL. It is the most abstract piece that I've ever done,...

Grandmother's Fan Quilt  I made this quilt for my daughter. I started it in Oak Island, North Carolina and finished in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada.

A note from the Editor ...

Sylvia's Bridal Sampler, Festival of Quilts Raffle Quilt 
We started this quilt as a Quilt guild project in our guild (Night Owls Quilt Guild) last year.

Everyone participated by making at least one block....

I Canoe, Can You?  This was made for the grandson who loves the great outdoors. Fishing, boating, canoeing, hunting...all inspire his passion.

The quilt features pictorial ...

Music, The Universal Language  Our local quilt shop offered a $5.00 Block, whereby we paid $5 to join, then, each month got another block kit at to cost, as long as we had our previous ...

Leland's Baby Quilt  My first grandson - this is a simple one afternoon project...lol!

Even as babies - they have to power to help us put our creative ideas to loving ...

Orchidacious  "Orchidacious" is a three panel quilt - a triptych - using the One Block Wonder technique from the series of books by Maxine Rosenthal.

The original ...

Lone Star Quilts  Ive been sewing for about 20 yrs!

But within this recent 8 years or so, I've done a number of lone star quilts for family 'n relatives. I've come up ...

Baltimore Heritage Quilters Guild Presents Quilt Expo 2011   The Baltimore Heritage Quilters Guild presents their Quilt Expo 2011 on March 12 & 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.   Location Goucher College ...

Homegrown / Handmade / Passed-on Family or ( aka "Homegrown")  This reversible story quilt is called HOMEGROWN .

A folk art creation, this quilt is composed of all recyclable materials and was created from 1998-...

For the Love of Liberty   I bought a bag of Liberty lawn scrap fabric for the princely sum of £3 and found I had almost enough to make my first appliquéd quilt - I love a bargain!...

Sunflower Quilt  This is my "Sunflower" quilt...pattern by Eileen Sullivan of 'The Designer's Workshop'.

I love to paper piece and Eileen does some of the best paper ...

Purr-sian Delight: Miss Kitty's Garden  This applique quilt is based on a Persian ornamental design from a Dover book. While I was working on it, our cat, Miss Kitty, insisted on helping with ...

Feather and Flame  Size: 92" x 92"

This vibrant 92" x 92" quilt by Audrey Manning was displayed at the Chaska Area Quilt Club's 2010 fall quilt show, "Fall Splendor ...

Pink Medallion Log Cabin Quilt  Size: 67" x 67"
Design source: Original design

On her entry form, Jackie wrote...

"My favorite fabric, the large floral print, and favorite ...

Cone Flower Quilt  I vended across from this quilt at the "Fall Splendor of Quilts" put on by the Chaska Area Quilt Club, October, 2010. It was definitely a crowd pleaser!...

Cats  I saw this quilt made by Barbara Larson, of the Chaska Area Quilt Club, at their biennial show in early October. It knocked my socks off!

On the sign ...

Prairie Bounty: A raffle quilt by the Prairie Star Quilt Guild  This spectacular raffle quilt for the Prairie Star Quilters Guild of St Charles, IL will be on display at the Guild's quilt show.

It was designed by ...

Here's To You, Mary Brown  I had the pleasure of vending at the Chaska Area Quilt Club, Chaska, MN over the weekend. It was a wonderful show, with many wonderful quilts...

This ...

Something Old is New Again 
I saw this quilt at the 2010 Autumn Gems Quilt Show. This show is put on by the Gems of the Prairie Quilt Guild of Peoria, Illinois every September.

The ...

Little Log Cabins  I came across this little marvel at the 2010 Autumn Gems Quilt Show put on by the Gems of the Prairie Quilt Guild of Peoria, IL.

This little log cabin ...

Patriotic Sawtooth Stars  Mom designed this double sawtooth star quilt pattern while she was figuring out how to use the EQ5 (Electric Quilt) quilt design software. She fussy cut ...

Let's All Spring Forward  These colorful, little guys are about ready to jump off this original pictorial quilt was design by Rosalie Baker of Davenport, IA.

To construct it ...

Holiday Feathered Star Quilt  This quilt, Holiday Feathered Star, is an original design by my mother, Trudy Wasson.

She created it for the challenge of drafting this particular ...

Feather Your Vest  Ooo-la-la!!!

If free motion quilting, and in particular, feather quilting, makes you giddy, then you'll love this new pattern I found at Spring Quilt ...

Made with Love  My son and his wife are working on adopting a young man (11 y/o).

I wanted to make something to welcome him to the family. I am an avid weaver, but ...

Birthday Spools  This quilt was made from a jelly roll (Beach Hut), and the backing and alternating strips were from one fabric. It involved sewing jelly roll strips to ...

Sno-Daze  I had the opportunity to design a quilt for The Sampler using the new "Quilt Minnesota" fabric. It's called "Sno- Daze".

We had an event in high school ...

His Eye is on the Sparrow  I made this quilt for a friend in the terminal stage of lung cancer. Most of my quilts are made for charity.

I made these "art quilts" by painting with ...

Marsha McCloskey's Feathered Star Quilt  At Spring Quilt Market in Minneapolis, MN, I luckily happened across Marsha McCloskey's booth.

She had two feathered star quilts hanging in blues and ...

"Ships Ahoy!" Quilt Pattern  This was one of the quilts, completely made with solids, that just tickled me at the Rebecca Ruth Designs booth at Spring Quilt Market in Minneapolis, MN ...

The "Night Trains" Quilt Pattern  I was fortunate enough to be able to go to the Spring Quilt Market held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ogling all the new quilt patterns was just so much fun!...

Twinkle, Twinkle!!  The LeMoyne Star quilt block is one of my absolute favorites.

I saw an antique quilt top with tiny stars at a quilt show in Alabama shortly after ...

Crazy Bet  Made with Civil War Reproduction fabric.

This basket quilt pattern by Bonnie Blue Quilts measures approximately 79" x 79".



If you've enjoyed ...

Wonderful Worn and Lovely  I saw this quilt at the Chicago Quilt show a couple of years ago and fell in love with the soft colors, so I bought the kit.




If you've enjoyed ...

Churn Dash Fancy  These blocks were an exchange between my Loose Threads bee mates. I borrowed the setting idea from a quilt pattern named "Little Basket".

I love the ...

Berries and Baskets  Hand appliqued, machine pieced and machine quilted.

Editor's Note: This quilt is even better in person. It has the look of a 30's era quilt, but there ...

Coming to New England  This quilt was inspired by the time my son, Mike, spent in New England as a camp counselor.

Dear Visitors: I am so happy to be able to tell you that ...

Old Glory - A Patriotic Sampler Quilt Pattern  This past weekend, I vended at the Pride of the Prairie Quilt Show...an excellent guild show, I might add!

Across from me was the "Sew Many Antiques"...

Baskets of Logs  I made this quilt for Hubby's Youngest Brother and his new Wife's wedding in August 2009. I didn't know her colors or decor so I made it scrappy. They ...