Aisle 2 ~ August Quilt-o-rama
Rising Star BOB Die
Teri Green, Fairfield, California
This quilt was made especially for my daughter, Madisen Green, on the occasion of her 2023 UCLA college graduation. Maddie loves the beach, sunrises and sunsets. In fact, she probably spent more time at the beach than in class. School was so very hard, but Maddie persevered and kept going.
The quilt’s colorful blocks represent a vivid sunrise and an intense sunset, the beginning of the day and the end. This quilt also symbolizes that there is always light even on our darkest and most challenging days.
One of her favorite songs W.A.Y.S. (Why Aren’t You Smiling) by Jheńe Aiko shares an important life lesson: An angel walked up to my door opened the windows to my soul. Told me he thinks that I should know that life only gets harder, but you gotta get stronger. That's why I keep going, that's why I keep going, that's why I keep going, I gotta keep going. Gotta keep going!
So, why aren't you smiling? Why aren't you smiling? Life can get wild when you're caught in the whirlwind. Lost in the world when you're chasing the win! You gotta understand.
There's really no end, there's really no beginning. There's really no real, there's really no pretending. There's really no fail, there's really no winning. Cause nothing really isn't, everything really isn't. That's why I keep going!
Pinwheels on Point
Phyllis Schelling, Carroll, Iowa
Another one done. I finished the top 3 or 4 years ago.
This is a Missouri Star pattern.
"Eileen, You are our cheerleader, always in our corner, pushing us a little more with each class, and each block. Even when I want to give up, you are cheering me on knowing if I slow down, I will get it. Your positivity explodes with each power point and open forum to ask questions...Thank you for being you." ~Anne Stoloff, FL
Bunky
Shelby Wieck ~
Bentonville, Virginia
Designed, pieced and quilted by me.
This quilt was gifted to a friend who was hit by a sniper bullet in Afghanistan and was paralyzed from the neck down. He was a young man at the time. The friendship stars are for the six army Rangers that carried him from the field.
Sawtooth Stars
Debbie Smith, Edmond, Oklahoma
I made this for my sister in law. She loves sage green. She’s been asking for a quilt for a while. I made her two, but they weren’t quite right. She was happy with them but just not really the right colors for her living room. I had made a baby quilt out of these same fabrics so….with what was left over and a few more pieces I came up with this for her. I’m hoping she loves it. I will be giving it to her Saturday night. It is Sawtooth Stars by AccuQuilt.
Happy Birthday Rita. 38 inch square table topper made with appliqué Dresden plates, flowers and circles. I quilted background using serpentine stitch. Appliqué’s were attached using a decorative stitch on my machine. No pattern-just played around. It’s a gift for a good friend.
Happy Summer. Pieced and quilted my own design using 10 inch cube and 2 1/2 strip die. Will be a table topper or wall hanging.
Chloe’s Quilt. I designed and made this for my only granddaughter for her high school graduation. She wanted a black and white quilt. This quilt was a labor of love—-my first attempt to design my own pattern. It was mostly trial and error. I used the 10 inch cube and strip cutters. It’s 80 x 95.
Creations by Marsha Lanham
Edinburgh, Illinois
Sampler Quilt
Colleen Grogan, St. Helens, Oregon
The following sampler quilt was created in the last year while enrolled in a 9-month quilt program, Paisley University, in Kelso, WA.
We each selected fabrics and created our own “final” project using the blocks and techniques we learned in class. The final projects are presented to the audience of family and friends on “graduation” night.
Purple Dreams
Annarose Browning,
I used the bed runner pattern by Accuquilt and made the rest of the rows using blocks I liked; made up my own designs . All cut using my Accuquilt Go…. I call it purple dreams.
I went to my very first retreat. I had a wonderful time, met some wonderful people and made this beauty. Before the retreat we picked one fabric and our hosted picked the supporting fabrics. It was four days of fun!
Mystery Quilt
Lori Morgan, Richland, Washington
My Favorite Quilt
Annarose Browning,
Sadly, I don’t remember its name, but it was a quilt along. This was my first big quilt using the quilt-as-u-go method, quilted in pieces and joined. Whew, it had me worried! But I got it done. Used my Accuquilt Go for the blocks and borders. My favorite quilt and a sad lesson for all of us. I should have added the name to the quilt back! Guess I’ll be disqualified cause I can’t remember the name.
Grandmother's Flower Garden ~ by Laurie Marble, Greeneville, Tennessee
My mom found this quilt top about 1985. She thought her grandmother (or even great grandmother) put the top together. But that's how the quilt rested for many years. Mom moved to a new retirement home, a three or four hour drive from her children and grands. She found the hobby of quilting...Then she found this top and decided it should be finished.
The quilting was done by hand on/in a 24" circular hoop...Mom quilted inside EACH hexagon which is my understanding to be the traditional way. Because Mom missed her kids and grands, my folks decided to move back to the home town of Lapeer, Michigan. In the move and afterword, the quilt got set aside. Unfortunately during that down time some little critters found it, ruined some batting and made little nests out of the edges. So..we finished it off with straight edges. I still have some of the salvageable ½ flowers we had to cut off.
Mom counted each tiny hexagon. Then she made a chart where she marked off the ones she completed at that sitting! When I found it, the number was 78 to go. She finished it. I bound it. Now it hangs on my wall. She gave me the "countdown chart" to keep with it.
My mom passed in April of this year at 92. Everyday when I see the quilt, I say, "Good morning, Mom! Thanks for the memory."
Legendary by Elizabeth Hartman
Cindy Carpenter, Boston, Virginia
I wanted to surprise my husband with a quilt for Christmas. I chose this pattern because we enjoy watching hunting shows...and looking for Bigfoot. This was the first quilt I made on my own. I’ve made a couple of quilt tops in classes, but never finished them with quilting and binding. I wanted to quilt it myself; it was my first time doing edge to edge quilting (or any kind of quilting really). I found a fun design that has a bigfoot walking as well as a footprint.
I didn’t start cutting and piecing until November. It was a crazy time trying to get it pieced and quilted without him finding out. He often comes into my sewing room to see what I’m working on. I wanted to keep it a secret, so I put all the various pieces away before he came home each day.
Needless to say, I accepted that no matter how much I tried, I was not going to finish in time for Christmas. So, two days before Christmas, I brought him into my sewing room while it was hooped and I was working on the quilting to explain that this was his Christmas present but he wouldn’t be getting it on Christmas day. He loved it and was super surprised. I finally finished quilting and binding it in early January 2024.
Mystery Block of the Month Quilt
Lori Post, Akron, New York
I started my quilt in Fall of 2022 when I enrolled in Eileen’s Block of the Month class. I learned so much in that class and looked forward to seeing what the next block would be.
I didn’t acquire an Accuquilt machine until the last month of the class, but I did use it for the flying geese on the border, as well as the binding strips.
After those classes finished, I then took Eileen’s Quilt As You Go Class. It took me a while to get back into it but I finally finished it yesterday. The trickiest part for me was the border, but I’m happy with the results.
Alberta Farnsworth, Tucson, Arizona
These mini quilts were created using Accuquilt applique dies and ideas from a pattern on the Accuquilt website.
Advent Calendars
My niece asked me to make Advent Calendars for her grandchildren she is raising after the death of their mother. She puts notes in the pockets that tell then where to find a gift. Each gift is a book so they end up with 24 new (to them!) books to add to their library.
Precious Baby Quilt
I made this quilt for one of my daughter’s best friends. They went through pediatric residency together. This is her first baby. Previously, she lost a baby and then had a difficult pregnancy. We are very thankful mom and baby are fine.
She sent me a picture of the floral rug as inspiration. The center on point blocks were made with the 8” cube and 8” setting triangles. The appliqué border was inspired by the Go! Flower Ribbon wall hanging pattern. The appliqué border is 6” with 2” green strips. The outer border is 3”.
Both border blocks were made with the 6” cube. The appliqué flowers were made with the Crazy Petals, Round Flower, Flower Bunch and Daisy dies. I used 2 strips folded in half for the binding to save the points on the border blocks. I sewed the binding to the back and turned to the front. I never have good luck going front to back.
This quilt was all quilt-as-you-go using 1” joining strips on the front and back. The middle section was joined at a diagonal in the middle. Then I added the 6” appliqué border and finally the stripped border. This quilt pattern does not have a name as I usually make them up as I go along. (Hope the Virtual Quilt Show name is okay.)
Louise Funderburke ~ Richmond, VA
Accuquilt Quilt-a-longs
Cindi Renaldo, Eden, New York
I participated in a couple of Accuquilt Quilt Alongs to become more familiar with my Qubes. It worked well.
Laurie Fitzpatrick, Lawrenceville, Georgia
I have been quilting for less than a year. These two table toppers are my first using the Accuquilt. I decided to make one for fall and one for Christmas. I learn so much on each project! I did the free motion quilting myself and some embroidery. All a learning process for me. I am really enjoying my quilting journey!
Snails Storm
Kathleen Gentile, Thousand Oaks, California
Pattern Snails Storm by Fontana Originals. Uses Snails Trail BOB and 8" Qube shapes 2, 13, and 14.
Cynthia Brown, M.D. ~ Temple, Texas
My daughter in law organized a private BOM . She is an OB/Gyn . She invited five doctors, one nurse and her mother. During the months we all choose our own fabrics and lived our lives. Her mother began to experience side pain. Long story she found stage four cancer. She died shortly after she completed her blocks. Her daughter, Megan Brown, MD, is completing the quilt as well as her own. The attached pictures are of mine. You asked for our last completed quilt.
This was prayed over and completed for the occasion of my niece’s wedding. Quilting by Jeana Culbert of Lubbock Texas. The blocks were cut with rotary cutters. I certainly wish that I could have understood Accuquilt better back then. Thank you for all that you do. I have learned so much. Blessings, Cynthia R. Brown, M.D.
Carla Miller, Canon, Colorado
BRIGHTLY by Cluck Cluck Sew
After having this fabric for a couple years, I finally found a pattern I wanted to make with it for my bed. Fabric is Fantasy by Sally Kelly for Windham. It measures 96” x 96” and was cut using my Accuquilt Go. It’s the largest quilt I have made in my four years of quilting and I love it. It is backed with minky and edge to edge quilted by friend and Longarmer Catherine K. of Florence, Colorado.
Drunkard's Path Quilt
Jennifer Cass, Appleton, Wisconsin
I’m new to your classes and love your teaching. This is my queen size Drunkards Path, also my first and only Accuquilt project.
Sea Life Medley
Karen Webster, Camas, Washington
This was a quilt I made from a jelly roll as a “Stack and Flip” quilt. I felt It needed more pizzazz, so I added Sea Life Medley appliqués. The jellyfish is not part of the die. I got the jellyfish design idea from a bathtub decal! The quilt was long, armed with a bubble design, and I handstitched a buttonhole stitch around the appliqués after the quilt was completed.
Summer is coming to an end and a few tree leaves are just beginning to turn here in Washington state. I look forward to completing my Mystery quilt and starting the Variety BMO class with you. My quilting season is just beginning again! Thank you for your inspirations and all that you do for us. You’re an incredible teacher!!
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