Stained glass applique class

I then got the idea to try and use a geometic pattern, and then used applique over the top of the Stained Glass background. It worked but it was a lot of work!

Stained Glass Applique Class

This is Winston and Winnie. Can you tell I love Cavalier King Charles dogs?

Stained Glass Applique class

Then came Remembering Barbaro.

Stained Glass Applique

Here Kitty Kitty!

Stained Glass Applique

This is Bagel my real life Beagle. I used a photograph of him to make the quilt.

Stained Glass Class

This is Jumbo, he is the first quilt I tried making with the Stained Glass Technique.

Stained Glass Applique Technique

Stained Glass Applique Class

Use shades of colors to create beautiful realistic quilts. This technique can be used to make landscapes, animals, humans or just about anything your imagination can come up with.

It is simple enough that even a beginner can do the technique, but results lend themselves to the more advanced quilter also.

The following pictures will show you examples that I have made. The elephant Jumbo is the pattern I use to teach the technique. He is for sale as well as TC. There will be more patterns to follow. The cost is $10.00 for each pattern, and that includes postage as well as a colored photograph.

Quilt Extravaganza

Whoops, I miss one of the herd.

QUILT EXTRAVAGANZA

The ladies who made these quilts took my first Stained Glass Applique class well over a year ago. They were hanging in the restaurant which was just next door to the Gallery . What fun to see completed projects.

Quilt Extravaganza

Last but not least is TC which stands for to cute. Again, he is made from my Stained Glass Applique. He is a Cavalier King Charles puppy.

I don't know who made these dolls but thought them to be very beautiful

My friend Cindy Vough lost her husband very suddenly just after Christmas. She made this quilt in his honor.

Close up of Cathy Johnsons quilt, done with needle felting.

This is another of my animal quilts done with the Stained Glass Applique. He is called Gentle Ben.

Quilt Extravaganza

Remembering Barbaro!

Here is the actual article. I have already thanked Barbara Polston for all her guidence in getting to print, but I'd like to do it again publicly!

American Quilter's magazine.

I am really excited to have an article in the latest American Quilter's magazine. I have posted Remembering Barbaro before, but lately and expecially after he showed at Paducah he seems to have created a stir.

I would like to thank all of you out there for your comments, and also for your inquiries concerning workshops and patterns.

So in answer, I am going to post in the next few days, my workshop prices and also pictures of the first two patterns I am offering.

Trip to Louisville

Today, along with three friends I went to Louisville to see two quilt shows.

The first show was held at the Water Tower. I'm not sure exactally when it was built but I did find out that it was flooded sometime in 1913. Of course, it is built right next to the Kentucky river. I imagine it has been flooded a number of times. Anyway, it is a very interesting looking building, and the show consisted of six art quilters. Very interesting, very visual and they are all different.

Then we went to the Carnagie Center in New Albany, Indiana. This was a one person show that was also part of the other show. Her name is Jaunity Yeager, and I was really blown away by her work. She has come a long way from the time I first met her. Anyway, as we were driving home we got into the usual discussion that art quiters get into. Simply put, what direction am I headed with my work. My comment was --- don't you think it depends on whether you are trying to do something that a lot of other people are going to see, or whether you are just trying new techniques with the hopes that you will turn out something new. So, this discussion went on for some time, and I think we all concluded we were each at different stages, so there was no easy answer. I think you will know when you get where you want. Anyway, it is not the end result but the journey, and the sharing of ideas.

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

Since I have been working with the Stained Glass Design for the past year I decided to try and do a human instead of an animal.

It seems to have worked as everybody that has seen this quilt immediately recognized who it was.

This is the third technique I have tried, all with success. First came the animals, then the harmony quilts and now human faces. This technique really has no limits.

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