by Amy Milne | May 14, 2021 | Jigsaw puzzles
Your Quilt Jigsaw Puzzle for May is below! Do you love the monthly Quilt Jigsaw Puzzle? We’d love to have you as a member if you’re not already on the team! We rely on the generous support of donors and members to sustain our projects. If you support our mission of documenting, preserving, and sharing the stories of quilts and quiltmakers, join us by starting and maintaining an annual membership, making a donation, or learning how your business or corporation can become a supporter of the Quilt Alliance. We thank our members each month with special content. This month, we’re excited to host our very first Go Tell It in the Zoom Room! event. Members are invited to share and tell about a quilt they made or own. Login to your member’s portal to find the link to sign up to share a quilt or to watch on Tuesday, May 18 at 7pm EDT. Tip: for best results, solve puzzle on this page on a desktop computer or laptop. If you are solving on a mobile device, click on the puzzle piece icon in the lower righthand corner to solve on the Jigsaw Planet website. Welcome to another quilt jigsaw puzzle from Quilt Alliance! The beautiful quilts in our puzzles have all been entries in past Quilt Alliance quilt contests. Twenty Years in the Garden by Allison Aller This month’s puzzle spotlights a quilt titled Twenty Years in the Garden made by Allison Aller of Washougal, Washington for the 2013 Quilt Alliance contest and auction, TWENTY. Materials and processes: Cotton, silk, linen, velvet, silk ribbon, embroidery threads, beads, sequins; machine appliqued and hand embroidered Artist’s Statement Quilting and gardening have always been completely intertwined in my life. This quilt celebrates my husband Robert’s many years of vegetable gardening. But you’ll notice I always sneak some…
by Amy Milne | Apr 16, 2021 | Jigsaw puzzles
Your Quilt Jigsaw Puzzle for April is below! Do you love the monthly Quilt Jigsaw Puzzle? We’d love to have you as a member if you’re not already on the team! We rely on the generous support of donors and members to sustain our projects. If you support our mission of documenting, preserving, and sharing the stories of quilts and quiltmakers, join us by starting and maintaining an annual membership, making a donation, or learning how your business or corporation can become a supporter of the Quilt Alliance. We thank our members each month with special content. This month, we’re excited to share a new StoryBee interview with author Marie Bostwick conducted by Frances O’Roarke Dowell. Watch a teaser! Tip: for best results, solve puzzle on this page on a desktop computer or laptop. If you are solving on a mobile device, click on the puzzle piece icon in the lower righthand corner to solve on the Jigsaw Planet website. Welcome to another quilt jigsaw puzzle from Quilt Alliance! The beautiful quilts in our puzzles have all been entries in past Quilt Alliance quilt contests. Quilting Makes My Heart Blossom by Margarita Korioth This month’s puzzle spotlights a quilt titled Quilting Makes My Heart Blossom made by Margarita Korioth of Longwood, Florida for the 2012 Quilt Alliance contest and auction, Home Is Where the Quilt Is. Materials and processes: Pieced, silkscreen, applique, paper lamination, metal leafing, machine and hand embroidery Artist’s Statement I want to demonstrate that cloth and recyclable materials can be used to create and interpret your thoughts. This is an enjoyable technique that I feel is just the beginning of a new and innovative way to do art. The title of my quilt is “Quilting Makes My Heart Blossom.” I gave it this title because I feel the happiest when I am at home quilting. Like the garden, my family blossoms when I nourish them with…
by Amy Milne | Mar 19, 2021 | Quilt Jigsaw Puzzles
Your Quilt Jigsaw Puzzle for March is below! Do you love the monthly Quilt Jigsaw Puzzle? We’d love to have you as a member if you’re not already on the team! We rely on the generous support of donors and members to sustain our projects. If you support our mission of documenting, preserving, and sharing the stories of quilts and quiltmakers, join us by starting and maintaining an annual membership, making a donation, or learning how your business or corporation can become a supporter of the Quilt Alliance. We thank our members each month with special content. This month, we’re excited to share with members two new QSOS interviews with quiltmakers that inspire us: mother-daughter quiltmakers Cathy Fussell and Coulter Fussell. Cathy’s work is inspired by landscape, literature, and the American South. Coulter’s work uses donated and vintage textiles from her north Mississippi community. We’ll share a few excerpts from their recent QSOS interviews, and then Cathy and Coulter will join us as we open the floor for questions. Join today to attend this conversation about quilts, family, artmaking, tradition (or breaking with tradition!) and the places that inspire us. Tip: for best results, solve puzzle on this page on a desktop computer or laptop. If you are solving on a mobile device, click on the puzzle piece icon in the lower righthand corner to solve on the Jigsaw Planet website. Welcome to another quilt jigsaw puzzle from Quilt Alliance! The beautiful quilts in our puzzles have all been entries in past Quilt Alliance quilt contests. Happy It’s Spring by Allie Aller This month’s puzzle spotlights a quilt titled Happy It’s Spring made by Allie Aller of Washougal, Washington for the 2016 Quilt Alliance contest and auction, Playing Favorites. Materials and processes: Silk fusion “fabric”, hand dyed cotton, black solid cotton. Machine appliquéd and quilted. Artist’s Statement I’ve loved making stained glass quilts for two decades now. There are always new ways to experiment with this…
by Amy Milne | Feb 19, 2021 | Jigsaw puzzles
Your Quilt Jigsaw Puzzle for February is below! Do you love the monthly Quilt Jigsaw Puzzle? We’d love to have you as a member if you’re not already on the team! We rely on the generous support of donors and members to sustain our projects. If you support our mission of documenting, preserving, and sharing the stories of quilts and quiltmakers, join us by starting and maintaining an annual membership, making a donation, or learning how your business or corporation can become a supporter of the Quilt Alliance. We thank our members each month with special content. Don’t miss this month’s members-only programming: Aurifilosophy: It’s All About the Thread sponsored by Aurifil and presented by Master Educator & Aurifilosopher Karen L. Miller of Redbird Quilt Co. All attendees will receive a free spool of Aurifil thread and color brochure. Members, check this month’s member’s newsletter for details on how to access. Tip: for best results, solve puzzle on this page on a desktop computer or laptop. If you are solving on a mobile device, click on the puzzle piece icon in the lower righthand corner to solve on the Jigsaw Planet website. Welcome to another quilt jigsaw puzzle from Quilt Alliance! The beautiful quilts in our puzzles have all been entries in past Quilt Alliance quilt contests. Love Monkey by Mary Kay Davis This month’s puzzle spotlights a quilt titled Love Monkey made by Mary Kay Davis of Sunnyvale, California for the 2015 Quilt Alliance contest and auction, Animals We Love. Materials and processes: Cotton Fabrics, Machine Quilted and Machine Appliqued Artist’s Statement I seem to find Sock Monkeys fascinating. I don’t know why as I never had one as a child. Maybe it’s because they are always smiling, after all, what’s not to…
by Amy Milne | Jan 22, 2021 | Quilt Jigsaw Puzzles
Your Quilt Jigsaw Puzzle Tip: for best results, solve puzzle on this page on a desktop computer or laptop. If you are solving on a mobile device, click on the puzzle piece icon in the lower righthand corner to solve on the Jigsaw Planet website. Welcome to another quilt jigsaw puzzle from Quilt Alliance! The beautiful quilts in the puzzles have all been entries in past Quilt Alliance quilt contests. Blue Muse by Sondra Millard This month’s puzzle spotlights a quilt titled Blue Muse made by Sondra Millard of Wichita, Kansas for the 2016 Quilt Alliance contest and auction, Playing Favorites. Materials and processes: All cotton quilting fabrics, broderie perse, machine applique and quilting on a sit-down domestic machine. Artist’s Statement Blue Muse honors my favorite quilt artist-Danny Amazonas, fabrics- Kaffe Fassett Collective, subject-Jane Sassaman’s garden art statue Blue Muse and technique-broderie perse. I designed the binding as an homage to Yvonne Porcella, my favorite teacher. I wanted my subject to convey the mysterious process of where ideas come from and how they can take on a life of their own. My quilting choice represents ideas flowing out from our muses with the outline quilting giving definition to the flowers in the gardens our our imaginations. About Quilt Alliance We rely on the generous support of donors and members like you to sustain our projects. If you support our mission of documenting, preserving, and sharing the stories of quilts and quiltmakers, join us by becoming a member or renewing your membership, making a donation, or learning how your business or corporation can become a supporter of the Quilt Alliance. We rely on the generous support of donors and members like you to sustain our projects. If you support our mission of documenting, preserving, and sharing the stories of quilts and quiltmakers, join us by becoming a member or renewing your membership, making a donation, or learning how your business or corporation can become a supporter of the Quilt…
