Quilt Show Special Exhibit

Ann Petersen

Made in Albuquerque New Mexico. Top was finished in 2021 and the quilting is still a work in progress!

Debbie Talley

Where did you sew your Aviatrix - in my home sewing room in Ann Arbor and at our cottage in Tawas City
Date finished - December 31, 2021
… Lots of thoughts - I don't make many quilts with solids so this was a great opportunity to expand my fabric choices. I ended up buying a kit online and was happy with the color selection. I really enjoyed the quilt along and posting pictures of my progress on instagram @apiecedgarden if your interested. I wasn't fond of making the center block (I just don't enjoy making templates, but I'm happy with the result).

Debbie Talley (back)

My true self came out in the fabric I chose for the back. I love bold and bright fabric and the back reflects it. On one of our trips upnorth, we stopped at one of my fabric shops, Bittersweet Quilt Shop in Pinconning. It's in an old church and a great place to stop before getting some cheese in town. Anyway - Tina, the owner has a whole room of 108" quilt backing fabric. I looked through them and was almost going to buy one and then I saw this fabric, it's not 108". It's actually two fabrics since they didn't have enough of one for the whole back. I'm really happy with it and as with all my quilts it's reversible.

Janet Rost

Machine pieced (center blocked was hand- pieced so I didn’t have to redo it multiple times), all from my stash, and machine quilted at my home in Livonia Michigan.
It is a one and only because it was a lot of work but it was also a lot of fun and the group challenge kept me focused and motivated to finish it. I put a world image panel on the back to remind us of all the places we could go!

Lori Rhode

Made in Farmington Hills. Top completed in early July 2021, and then longarm machine quilted by Laura Jarvis of Kootsi Quilting. A wedding gift Sept. 25, 2021, for my nephew, John Brown, and his wife, Val. They live in northern IL.

I wanted to participate in the quilt-along because it is a fun and colorful quilt. I wanted to have someone to give it to since we didn’t need it for our home. I also knew the format of a quilt along would help me work steadily to finish it. Val liked the pattern and enjoys color. John didn’t give an opinion.

Since their bed is a king size, I added a few borders to increase the dimensions. The fish border is a nod to John, who loves fishing. I saw photos of flying fish and designed the fish block planning to use fabrics from the other rounds. I ran short of a couple fabrics but found close substitutes.

I used my seam ripper a lot in the first few rounds since I neglected to read the directions thoroughly, but it went together perfectly once I did.

Val loves it and appreciates that someone made it specifically for them. I put a care instructions on the label and only hope their two golden retrievers don’t sleep with them.