Sierra Mountain Quilters Association
Quilt Entry Winners
Attendees Choices
Best of Show
Oops. Bunny in the Garden by Colette Wear
Artist's statement: I loved the playful bunny and each special block. I so enjoy hand applique and found I am really enjoying free-motion quilting as well.
Dance of the Dragon Flies by Sheila Hotovec. Quilted by Jeri Carney. Artist's Statement: I was browsing through a quilting catalog and saw this kit advertised. Since my daughter-in-law enjoyed dragon flies, I decided to make it for her. After I finished it, I liked it so much, I decided to keep it. Good thing I didn't tell her about it while I was making it!
Tommy by Guadalupe Schuhl. Quilted be Mike Schroder. Artist's Statement: Made it because of the loss of my son. Reminded me of him feeding the chickens.
Baltimore Baskets by Bev Gulley. Quilted by Bev Gulley. Artist's statement:I have admired Baltimore Album quilts for many years, since taking a class with Elly Sienkiewicz. I was delighted to be given this pattern by Joan Steskal, and I tried to make good use of the applique experience I've gained over the years.
Oops, Bunny in the Garden by Colette Wear. Quilted by Colette Wear. Artist's statement: I loved the playful bunny and each special block. I so enjoy hand applique and found I am really enjoying free-motion quilting as well.
Gingerbread Village by Virginia Corriea. Quilted by Virginia Corriea. Artist's Statement: This quilt was a block of the month quilt. I did fusible appliqué and then I stitched the pieces down with a button-hole by hand using two-strand embroidery thread. I then custom quilted the quilt on my longarm machine.
Flora and Fauna by Kay Marshall. Quilted by Kay Marshall. Artist's statement: I purchased this Block of the Month at Bear Paw while on the "Heart of the Valley" shop hop with Bebe Haussmann in 2012. She purchased one too. Bebe and I worked together for about 6 years on the Opportunity Quilt Raffle Sales. She passed away 5 years ago in the summer of 2014.
Coneflower Garden by Tricia Lacey. Handquilted by Tricia Lacey. Artist's statement: Stain glass appliqués cone flowers.
Magenta Stars by Sally Walker. Quilted by Jeri Carney. Artist's statement: En Provence was the Bonnie Hunter 2016-2017 mystery quilt. I started with the rest of the online group and kept up with all the clues. When the blocks started to come together I did a little tweaking of the pattern to give the illusion of large interlacing circles, reminiscent of the Bonnie Hunter Celtic Solstice.
Out of the Darkness/Into the Light by Georgia Harvey. Quilted by Jeri Carney. Artist's statement: This was a block of the month at Bear Paw. I started this when I was a beginner quilter. It was such a large project that I was overwhelmed and put it aside to take up years later and finished. It is my bed quilt for the summer months and reminds of my garden. The original pattern had a black background but I chose to do the background in white giving it an entirely different look.
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Magenta Stars by Sally Walker. Artist's statement: I started the En Provence Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt in 2016 and finished the quilt top in 2017. It sat un-quilted until this year. I passed the quilt top off to Jeri Carney, and I think she did an amazing job of custom quilting each block and the low volume background. I love her attention to detail! She used wool batting which gives the unquilted areas extra loft! I’ve renamed the quilt Magenta Stars
Fallen Angel.......Wing Begonia by Chris Hudson. Artist's statement: I used mixed 9-patch blocks along with solid and print 9" blocks of Kaffe Fassett fabrics. I then used another of his fabrics to "fussy cut" the Angel Wing Begonia leaves to cascade down, as if they were falling, hence the name I gave it.
Baltimore Basket by Bev Gulley. Artist's statement: I have admired Baltimore Album quilts for many years, since taking a class with Elly Sienkiewicz. I was delighted to be given this pattern by Joan Steskal, and I tried to make good use of the applique experience I've gained over the years.
Spring Bouquet by Virginia Corriea. Artist's statement: I did fusible appliqué technique for this quilt. The pieces were fused onto the background fabric and then I hand stitched all the pieces down with two strands of embroidery floss. I then custom quilted this quilt on a longarm machine.
Dance of the Dragon Flies by Sheila Hotovec. Artist's statement: I was browsing through a quilting catalog and saw this kit advertised. Since my daughter-in-law enjoyed dragon flies, I decided to make it for her. After I finished it, I liked it so much, I decided to keep it. Good thing I didn't tell her about it while I was making it!
Aunt Bea's Parlor by Georgia Harvey. Artist's statement: I enjoy having a hand embroidery project that I can take with me to meetings of my circle. I used 30s fabric to frame the flower pots to give it a pleasing vintage look
Broomhilda's Bakery Corner by Charlotte Hickman. Artist's statement: This was a class I took at Authorized Vac and Sew in Fresno last summer using my Brother Dream Embroidery Machine. I fell in love with all the embellishments and the free-standing embroidered spiders, candy corn and eyeballs so I and just had to make this quilt! Jeri Carney did a marvelous job quilting it and if you look closely you will see the various Halloween designs like spiders, spider webs, candy corn, and Halloween word
African Ladies by Donna Rosin Baxter. Artist's statement: I enjoy unique panels. After adding the border the fun part is quilting it.
Fallen Angel.......Wing Begonia by Chris Hudson. Artist's statement: I used mixed 9-patch blocks along with solid and print 9" blocks of Kaffe Fassett fabrics. I then used another of his fabrics to "fussy cut" the Angel Wing Begonia leaves to cascade down, as if they were falling, hence the name I gave it.