We saw so many beautiful quilts, that the eye-candy has to be spread across two blog posts!
So, this is a continuation of May Meeting at Lake Miona Park: Part 1
Lynette @netsyclay used a five-inch “Wacky Web” template from Missouri Star Quilt Company to make these 11″ star hot pads for a family member.
She practiced different quilting designs on her Janome Memorycraft 8200.
This is Lynette’s 42″ X 52″ “Broken Star” quilt that’s a BOM offered by Diane Knott of Butterfly Threads Quilting. To make the quilt look more modern, Lynette moved blocks into a different layout with more negative space. It’s been pin-basted in anticipation of her domestic machine quilting.
Ardie @fatquarteraddict made many quilts when the pandemic first began. “Film Strips” is made with a favorite Alison Glass print that she could keep in large chunks as focal points. The quilt is 54″ X 73″.
Ardie also made this 58″ X 75″ quilt called “Labyrinth,” a pattern by @sewmanycreations. She quilts for herself on a Handiquilter longarm.
Margaret @redhotbobbin made “Little Buddy,” a 35″ X 41″ that’s her own design made with charm packs.
“Purple Mountain Majesties” is an 88″ X 91″ quilt made from a Delectable Mountain kit belonging to a friend. When the friend saw the finished quilt – and didn’t remember it – she asked Margaret, “Where did you get this pattern?”
“Triangulation,” 82″ X 94″ is an original design. Margaret quilts her quilts herself, on a longarm.
Linda @flourishingpalms took more than a half dozen virtual workshops during the pandemic. Two of them were with Maria Shell @talesofastitcher who lives in Anchorage, Alaska. Linda’s first workshop was “Line into Shape” that resulted in “Jazzed,” a 46″ X 51″ improv quilt. Different units are assembled in a “patterned improv” style. Fabrics are cut without the use of a ruler.
Linda had so much fun with patterned improv, she made another quilt – “Italica” is 72″ X 82″. Six blocks are based on the traditional “Old Italian” quilt block. The quilt is named for Italica Grondona, a 102 year-old woman (an “old Italian”) from Genoa, Italy who survived Coronavirus in March 2020.
“Zing”, 41″ X 46″ is an asymmetrical-symmetry quilt that reflects inspiration by four of Linda’s favorite things: an Iowa wind farm; her ukulele; the Bismarck palm in her front yard; and a favorite song: I’ll Fly Away.
Linda quilted these quilts on her Bernina 770QE domestic machine.
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Next Meeting
Our next Central Florida MQG meeting is Saturday, June 12 at 10 AM, at New Life Christian Church. Members are encouraged to bring finished modern quilts for Show and Tell.
Please complete a Show and Tell form for each item shown.
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