Our Grandfathers Served Also
Quilt designed and made by: Chris Edler
Techniques: Appliqué, Fusing, Free motion quilting on home machine
Materials: Quilt fabric; Misty Fuse; cotton thread, rayon thread
Date made: Summer, 2018
Dimensions: 23.5 X 33 inches
Both of our grandfathers, Jarrette L. Hefner and Walter Karl Grubb, served in World War I. In honor of their service, and in memory of the 8.5 million people who died in that war, I have made this quilt. May it be a reminder of the terrible costs of war.

 

Comments from the Scrap Heap
Quilt designed and made by: Chris Edler
Techniques: Appliqué, Fusing, Free motion quilting on home machine
Materials: Quilt fabric; Misty Fuse; cotton thread, rayon thread
Date made: 2018
Dimensions: 13.5 inches square
A heap of scrap fabrics have been yelling at me that they wanted to be made into a quilt. So I listened.

 

Lady in Red
Quilt designed and made by Cinde Ebeling
Techniques: Fusing, quilting, heat set crystals
Materials: Cotton fabric, cotton thread, cotton batting, heat set crystals
Date made: 2018
Dimensions: 38" wide. X 36" long
I live among plants as an agriculture-based woman. Red has always been my favorite color. Thus, the combined result is "Lady in Red", representing the West Texas sky, the multiple petal flowers that bloom in West Texas, and a passion for finite beauty.

 

Spotted Garden
Designed and quilted by Linda Fisher
Techniques: Hawaiian hand applique, rick-rack flowers, piecing, embellishment, and Machine quilting
Materials: Cotton fabric, rick-rack braid, buttons, floral leaves.
Date made: 2017
Dimensions: 31.5” x 32.5”
"Spotted Garden" began as a different project. The dot fabric for the background overpowered everything I tried. While sorting through some books, I came across a Hawaiian Applique book and found inspiration. The rick-rack flowers came from a class taken years ago.

 

Vermillion Vision
Quilt designed and made by: Nancy K. Fisher
Techniques: Fused Applique, Machine Satin Stitched, Machine Quilted
Materials: Hand-dyed cotton fabric, commercial batik and printed cotton
fabric, repurposed silk clothing fabric, wool batting, cotton and polyester threads
Date made: August 2018
Dimensions: 24” x 18”
From his favorite perch in a mesquite tree, the vermilion flycatcher surveys his territory. When a tasty insect flies by, he darts out to catch a quick meal on the fly and returns to his vantage point. Vermillion Vision was inspired by a photograph that I took while bird watching at my son’s rural home in West Texas.

 

Muscle Bellies
Quilt designed and made by: Marika Pineda
Techniques: Fused collage, machine quilted
Materials: Hand-dyed and commercial cotton
Date made: 2018
Dimensions: 37 x 44 inches
I developed this piece during a period of deep preoccupation with the mysterious engine of healing. The title arose when I learned that in order to rehabilitate my feet, their atrophied muscle bellies would first need to plump up. Standing while working on this piece began my recovery.

 

Red and Its Complement
Designed and made by Muff Fregia
Techinques: Whole cloth quilt with pieced binding; longarm quilted; beaded
Materials: Cottons; cotton blend batting; polyester thread, cotton thread.
Date made: 2017
Dimensions: 24 x 26 inches

 

3 Red Squares
Designed & made by Muff Fregia
2018
Materials: Cottons; dupioni and recycled sari silk; cotton blend batting; polyester and cotton threads
~30 x 45 inches

 

Jerome Finds the Magic Jug
Designed and made by Robyn Gold
Techniques: Hand appliqué, hand embroidery, beading, machine quilting
Materials: Commercial cotton fabric, hand-painted cotton fabric, felted wool, silk, beads, sequins, pearl cotton thread, rick-rack
Date made: August 2018
Dimensions: 30 wide by 36 tall
As I was putting this quilt together, I told my husband that my bunny (by which I meant the whole quilt) needed a name. He promptly said “Jerome” (meaning just the bunny). After I stopped laughing, I couldn’t figure out any reason not to name the quilt Jerome, and “jug” was more alliterative than “pot."

 

Rhoda Struts Her Stuff
Designed and made by Robyn Gold
Techniques: Hand appliqué, hand embroidery, machine quilting
Materials: Commercial cotton fabric, felted wool, silk, lace, buttons, beads, pearl cotton thread, Razzle Dazzle thread, rick-rack, ribbon, yarn
Date made: August 2018
Dimensions: 30” by 35”
The theme of this exhibit (Red, Hot & Quilted) caused this image to spring to my mind. I had fun thinking of ways to dress up my “Hot Mama,” ready for her night on the town.

 

My Heart Skipped a Beat
Designed and Quilted by Valerie Komkov Hill
Techniques: Machine and hand quilting, embroidery, fused collage.
Materials: hand dyed and commercial cotton, tulle net, yarns and fibers
Made in 2018
Dimensions: 18” x 31”
A tribute to the mighty organ, the heart, and a reflection on aging and the changing rhythms of our lives.

 

Containment
Designed and quilted by Valerie Komkov Hill
Techniques: Machine quilting, embroidery, surface printing
Materials: Hand dyed and commercial cotton
Made in 2018
Dimensions: 28” x 24”
A study in color and abstraction

 

Heartrise on the Llano - February
Quilt designed and made by Ellie Kreneck
Techniques: Parts of my quilt images are drawn on white cotton and then hand painted with fiber reactive dyes using water soluble resists. After steaming the fabric to set the dyes, I then combine the painted image with imagery fashioned by machine piecing purchased cotton fabric. I use paper templates to cut the shapes out of cloth. The painted images are appliqued with blind stitching or fusing. Cotton batting and backing are utilized in the quilt “sandwich”. I machine quilt part of the art work with cotton thread and hand stitch the rest.
Materials: White cotton fabric; commercial fabric; cotton/poly batting; liquid fiber reactive dyes; water soluble resists
Date made: 2018
Dimensions: H. 33 in. x W. 25 in.
Heartrise on the Llano - February is part of a series on the months of the year - and also the food typical of that month. The fish and cool weather vegetables suggest a Lenten meal. The heart shaped cookies as well as the rising heart remind us of Valentine’s Day.

 

Miss Fancy
Designed and made by Susan Pollard
Techniques: Machine sewn, hand stuffed and embellished
Materials: Cotton, fiber-fill, sequins, beads, feathers
Made in 2018
Dimensions: 24” x 10”
This doll is intuitively made using Kaffe Fassett fabrics.

 

Walking With My Pet Dragon
Doll designed and made by Susan Pollard
Techniques: Wire armature wrapped with fabric
Materials: wire armature, Sculpey face, cotton fabric, ribbons, fabric flowers, purchased toy dragon
Date made: 2014
Dimensions: 24” x 4”
This doll was made for my daughter, Cara Pollard, who has red hair.

 

I Love Red
Designed and made by Susan Pollard
Techniques: Machine pieced, hand beaded
Materials: Upholstery fabric, cotton batting
Date made: 2018
Dimensions: 19.5” x 13”
I found fabric that I liked in decorator sample books and assembled it. Everything looks better with beads!

 

Red and Purple
Designed and made by Susan Pollard
Techniques: Machine assembled, hand beaded, yarn couching
Materials: Cotton fabric and batting, novelty yarn, beads
Date made: 2018
Dimensions: 16” x 14.5”
I started this piece as a decorated purse but decided it was too pretty not to hang as an art quilt.

 

Read Red
Quilt designed and made by Sandra Stephenson
Techniques: Improvisational and dimensional piecing, hand embroidery, beading, handmade paper beads
Materials: cotton fabric, paper, beads, Swarovski crystals
Date made: 2018
Dimensions: 37” x 23”

 

Red
Quilt designed and made by Sandra Stephenson
Techniques: Improvisational and dimensional piecing, hand beading
Materials: cotton and silk fabrics, beads
Date made: 2017
Dimensions: 12.5 x 12.5 inches

 

Red 2
Quilt designed and made by Sandra Stephenson
Techniques: Improvisational and dimensional piecing, hand beading
Materials: cotton fabric, beads, ribbon Date made: 2018

 

Synapses: Summer Vacation
Quilt Designed and made by Jane West, Machine Quilted by Renee Houser
Techniques: Machine piecing, machine and hand applique, embroidery, and hand-made polymer clay embellishments.
Materials: cotton fabric, wool fabric, various threads, and polymer clay.
Date made: Summer 2018
This quilt was particularly challenging for me because red is my least favorite color. I have very little red in my wardrobe, and even less in my home’s décor. Initially all I could visualize for this challenge was something red and white, but I was afraid that wouldn’t sustain my interest long enough to finish the piece. So… I added one more wrinkle to the challenge: No white in the fabrics!

Louisa L. Smith’s book “Double Vision Quilts” was the initial inspiration for the Quilt’s design. I planned to use black and white fabrics in the background, but the complementary greens just begged for the opportunity. I finally gave in. Once things were rolling, the wool, embroidery, and polymer clay just screamed for a spot in the lineup. And, so I did almost every color in the rainbow, because really… Summer Vacation in my synapses is a mosaic of warm rich colors, on a cool relaxed background of water play, daydreaming, and running barefoot through the grass!

 

Strawberry Fields
Designed and made by Nancy Baldwin Woods
Techniques: Improvisational and intentional piecing
Materials: Silks from “found” garments, silk thread, cotton back, wool batting
Date made: 2018
I am mesmerized by the way the shades of red play and interact with each other. The green adds a bouncing distraction.

 

Aspen Glow 2
Designed and made by Gay Young
Techniques: dyeing, painting, fusing, and quilting.
Materials: Silk habatoi and silk dupioni, fiber reactive dyes, various paints, and many colors of thread.
Date made: 2016
Dimensions: 41” X 29”

 

Rhythm of Life
Quilt designed and made by. Jean C. R. Grimes
Techniques: Raw edge and turned edge appliqué; couching over heartbeat; beading.
Materials: Hand dyed, painted, printed, marked and foiled cotton and silk. Heavy silk and fine lurex thread, beads.
Date made: August 2018
Dimensions 46” x 29”
Feel the RED blood pumping thru your veins. Our life is dependent on the Blood. Be healthy. (be heart healthy)