First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington

Art Wall Quilt Exhibit, Winter 2010 — The Wise Women Quilters

The Wise Women meet two Wednesday evenings a month to design and create the annual First Parish Raffle Quilt. This exhibit showcases some of our individual projects. For more information about The Wise Women, please contact any of the exhibitors or Wendy Page.

To the right: Springtime Gloaming
This piece is constructed using a fusing technique developed by Laura Wasilowski and the "Chicago School fo Fusing." NO SEWING MACHINE REQUIRED. Completed at a workshop with laura, we all had a great day of fun and humor.
Carolyn Hodges, 2009

Springtime Gloaming

Crazy Webs

Crazy Webs: In honoring nature's weavers, I used up a decade's worth of scraps, including some lace collars I found in an antique shop.
Diane Shriver, 2006

Lighthouses: Made from a linen dish towel purchased in the Star Island gift shop.
Diane Shriver, 2007

From the Inside Out

From the Inside Out: A crazy African fabric quilt, machine pieced and quilted for my son, Cory.
Louise Strayhorn, 2009

Around the Boston Garden

This is one of four quilts constructed using the same pattern. Similar to an "around the world" pattern, the quilts are made in pairs.

Sandy King, in process

Aflutter

One fabric,
a thousand pieces:
a challenging visual puzzle,
based on Maxine Rosenthall's
"One Block Wonders."

Wendy Page, 2009

Flower Garden

Flower Garden
This full size bed quilt is constructed from many of Myrna Snyder DiCesare's baby clothes.
A wonderful tribute for both mother and daughter. Ruth Grosvenor Snyder, 1980

Autumn Equinox

Blue Fantasy: Ocean waves or planets swirling. I love the colors with the energy and calm at the same time.
Wendy Page, 2009

Autumn Equinox: This quilt is a two color study, constructed using templates. The piece contains some fabric that I dyed at the 2009 Ferry Beach Quilting By the Bay Conference.
Carolyn Hodges, 2009

Flora

I began this quilt at Ferry Beach quilting camp in 2007, using the "one block wonder" pattern. Starting with one large swatch of fabric, we carefully cut matching triangles and sewed them into hexagons. I thank Wendy Page for trudging through a blizzard to help me rescue what I was ready to discard. Our teacher, Barbara Stroup, free hand quilted the piece with her long-arm quilting machine. Quilting with friends is a blessing!

Ann Abbott, 2008

See also the quilts displayed in 2005 , in 2008 and in 2009.

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