Inspired by the joy on the face of my granddaughter watching her ride the carousel! More than 50 different threads were used. Machine appliqué. Original quilting designs. Trapunto designs. Piping at binding edge.

Source of Design: Original.

Made and Quilted By: Mary Buvia.

Pictures: MEDIUM & LARGE

"Simply Fuchsia" is the fifth in a series of quilts portraying fuchsia colored flowers. A branch of the fuchsia plant is featured on a hand-painted background surrounded by a window of needle-sketched leaves.

Source of Design: Original.

Made and Quilted By: Marlene Brown Woodfield.

Pictures: MEDIUM & LARGE

This piece is machine appliqué and free-motion quilted. Some fabrics are commercially prepared, some are from my own fabric line "Indiana Harvest", and some are my own hand-painted fabrics.

Source of Design: Original.

Made and Quilted By: J. Phil Beaver.

Pictures: MEDIUM & LARGE

The Linear Series is based on using lines as the focus of design. All of the work has been created without rulers, using freely-cut strips of hand-dyed fabrics that are improvisationally pieced. There are now 13 pieces in the series. Using hand-painted and hand-dyed fabrics to create texture, this triptych resembles a piece of tapestry. Each piece is different and can be hung separately to enjoy the vertical melding of light to dark values. When the 3 are hung together, each column enhances the others with the play of light to dark values horizontally. That's what you notice from a distance, but the piece draws you in to view the intricate writing and printing of the individual fabrics too. This piece is representative of a modern day crazy quilt.

Source of Design: Original.

Made and Quilted By: Carol Taylor.

Pictures: MEDIUM & LARGE