The Minnesota Quilt Show

 I was so excited to be a part of this year's Minnesota Quilt Show! Many thanks to all the volunteers.  The show was beautiful.

Below is my entry: Wild Grapes.

 Wild Grapes finished at 20.5" X 17".

Various fabrics including several upholstery fabrics, buttons, lace, silk ribbon, silk fabric, embroidery floss, net, specialty threads and photo on cotton fabric.  Machine quilted on my domestic machine.  80/20 batting. 

More information and detailed photos can be found on this blog under Wild Grapes, July 27, 2024.

A second piece: Calm-After the passing storm was also at the show. It was part of a special exhibit by SAQA Minnesota.

More information and photos about Calm can be found on this blog under July 25,2025 Calm-After the passing storm.
Calm will be moving on it an exhibit at Knife River in Minnesota with August.

Have a wonderful day!

MaryEllen

Welcome Summer!

In honor of the beginning of summer I finished up this cute little scene.

Summer Meadow is 9" X 6.5" .  The background and inspiration for this piece was just a little leftover.  My local guild had a playtime meeting using Intense Drawing Pencils.  One of the members graciously brought her pencil sets and fabric for us to play with.  One of my experiments became the base for this piece.

Unfortunately I forgot to snap a photo of the fabric I painted before I started embellishing on it. But something about the colors and the movement in the paint  just made me think of a meadow and I had to develop it into a finished piece.

Above is a close up of the finished piece.

Embroidery stitches, beading, netting tatting, paint,sheer fabric and gauze.

Layered on painted fabric and backed with 80/20 white batting.

I hope you enjoyed my ode to summer and are inspired to put some finishing touches on your leftovers or experiment pieces. 

Have a great day!

MaryEllen

The bird quilt

There are so many wonderful bird patterns on Pinterest, but this one from Quilt Today was the winner for me.

The Bird Block a free pattern from Quilt Today on Bloglovin' September 26, 2020, and found on Pinterest.

The pattern was clear and easy to work on, and so cute!

Playing with the layout.  

My quilt finished at approximately 52" X 64".

Free motion quilting in light yellow with a leaf pattern done on my domestic machine.

I had lots of fun collecting fabrics for this charming throw. Most of the fabrics for the birds were from the remnant bins or grab bags at various quilt shops.  The backing fabric was my favorite find! This cute fabric from Moda was perfect and tied everything together.

Finished and on display in my family room.

Well I misplaced my embroidery needle so I'm off with my magnet to find it. Hopefully not in my foot!

Have a great day everyone!

MaryEllen