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October/November 2001
Review of 2001 Washington State Quilter's Quilt Show
By Cheryl Clossin and Judith

Title: My Montana Chickens
Made by: Pat Linder
Quilted by: Pat Linder
Chicken patterns are by Maggie Walker. The flower border
and landscape borders are original designs. Appliqué is by hand.
Quilted by machine.
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Title: Spokane LDS Temple
Made by: Paula Thurber
Quilted by: Paula Thurber
For my in-laws 50th Wedding Anniversary, I made a quilt
of the Latter Day Saints Temple here in Spokane. They have it hung in
their living room.
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Title: Redwork by Machine
Made by: Marlen Laughten, Julie Lynch, Pam Clarke
Quilted by: Pam Clarke
This was so much fun to do. I first machine quilted the
whole quilt, then I put Redwork on top of my machine quilting.
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Title: Indian Summer in New York
Made by: Laura Conowitch
Quilted by: Laura Conowitch
This New York Beauty design, by Karen Stone, was a lot
of fun to do. It was also an eye opener in the sense that I can see
what fabrics I tend to keep in my stash.
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Title: Two Sides for Sydney
Made by: Roberta Schroeder
Quilted by: Roberta Schroeder
This reversible quilt is for my granddaughter, Sydney.
I enjoyed the flippy technique used for construction.
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Title: Flowers Galore and Friends
Made by: Georgie Gerl
Quilted by: Georgie Gerl
Flowers and appliqués are two of my favorite thing
to do in a quilt.
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Title: Pin Ridge
Made by: Ruth Eckersley
Quilted by: Ruth Eckersley
I bought the kit to make this quilt at last years show
and enough fabric of the large leaf print to make drapes for our bedroom,
and months ago I ran across the kit to make the wall hanging to match.
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Title: Cats in My Orchid
Made by: Katie Banister
Quilted by: Katie Banister
An 18-month project! Cats and orchid names are on each
block. Beading in center of orchids and trumpet vine. Each block was
80 - 90 pieces with center block having over 300 pieces. Guess I was
out of my mind when I started this one!
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Title: Song of the Orient
Made by: Betty M Bakie
Quilted by: Karen Brown
This quilt was inspired by a class taught by Pat Means.
It allowed me to use the wonderful Japanese prints in my collection.
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Title: A Fresh Pot
Made by: Florence Coffey
Quilted by: Florence Coffey
I like making quilts with the "coffee" theme
since that is my last name. This one features real coffee beans and
silk ribbon blossoms.
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Title: These are the Ties that Blind
Made by: Bettie Marie Bakie
Quilted by: Bettie Marie Bakie
My son Rob suggested the theme for this quilt. Puns are
a specialty of his. I had the drawing done months before beginning the
project.
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Title: Fresh from My Garden
Made by: Florence Coffey
Quilted by: Florence Coffey
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Title: Diane's "Flower Garden of Quilts"
Made by: Darlene Wise
Quilted by: Darlene Wise
I love Diane Phalen's artwork and decided to use that
with the challenge fabric to do a flower garden of quilts. I love the
result.
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Title: Evan's Classic "Pooh"
Made by: Jean Martin
Quilted by: Jean Martin
I drew the "classic Pooh" characters and selected
the fabrics. My Mom, Jean Martin, did the appliqué, the piecing
and quilting. The quilt was completed and hanging on the wall before
Evan William was born on June 3, 2001.
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To contact Cheryl, send an email to cheryl@fabrics.net
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