by Amy Milne | Dec 11, 2020 | 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. Soul Sisters by Jamie Fingal This month’s puzzle spotlights a quilt titled Soul Sisters made by Jamie Fingal of Orange, California for the 2011 Quilt Alliance contest and auction, Alliances: People, Patterns, Passion. Materials and process include:Commercial cottons and batiks fused, painted, free motion machine quilted. Buttons sewn on by hand. Artist’s Statement My closest friend and I often send each other e-mails that have “coffee break” in the subject line. It is our way to sit down at the computer with a cup of coffee, tea or even a glass of wine and read each others catch up news. What could be more fun that cups and saucers on our heads? Dedicated to women friends! 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…
by Amy Milne | Nov 20, 2020 | 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. Princess Elsa Cat by Esther Muh This month’s puzzle spotlights a quilt titled Princess Elsa Cat made by Esther Muh of Albany, California for the 2015 Quilt Alliance contest and auction, Animals We Love. Materials and process include: Batik fabrics; fused applique; hand embroidery. Artist’s Statement I pieced and sewed the quilt, but the entire design of the quilt was conceived by my four year old daughter who loves cats (and princesses, and, of course, Elsa from “Frozen”). 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…
by Amy Milne | Oct 17, 2020 | 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. Three Sisters by Alice Helms This month’s puzzle spotlights a quilt titled Three Sisters made by Alice Helms of Asheville, NC for the 2011 Quilt Alliance contest and auction, Alliances: People, Patterns, Passion. Batik fabrics; fused applique; hand embroidery. Artist’s Statement Three Sisters illustrates the Native American practice of growing corn, beans and squash together – a natural alliance. Corn provides a pole for bean vines to climb. Bean roots add nitrogen to the soil, and bean vines help stabilize the corn. Squash vines become a living mulch, preventing weeds and keeping the soil moist. Corn, beans and squash also complement one another nutritionally. I celebrate this simple, intuitive and life-sustaining tradition. 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…
by Amy Milne | Sep 11, 2020 | 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. 20 Things I Say by Pat Sloan This month’s puzzle spotlights a quilt titled 20 Things I Say made by Pat Sloan of Herndon, Virginia for the 2013 Quilt Alliance contest and auction, TWENTY, celebrating the Quilt Alliance’s 20th Anniversary. Fabric, thread and batting all cotton Artist’s Statement I’ve been a quilter for almost 20 years. That made me think about some fun sayings I like that really reflect what I think about my life as a quilter. “Make do”, “Sew Happy” and “I run with scissors” might just be my favorites. I hope as a quilter you take a risk, make it happen, and have fun with it! 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…
by Amy Milne | Aug 14, 2020 | 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. This is Not an Amish Quilt by Janneken Smucker This month’s puzzle spotlights a quilt titled This is Not an Amish Quilt made by Janneken Smucker of Philadelphia, PA for the 2008 Quilt Alliance contest and auction, My Quilts/Our History. Based on traditional Amish Bars or Strema pattern; cotton fabrics, organic cotton batting, cotton thread, machine pieced, hand quilted. Artist’s Statement I make quilts. And I study them as an academic pursuit. These two practices parallel one another. I often turn to historic patchwork designs for inspiration; I find new ways of using old patterns by adapting them with unconventional fabrics and settings. Likewise, in my research about Amish quilts, I probe these objects by examining them within diverse contexts, drawing inspiration from scholars whose work established quilts as a legitimate scholarly pursuit. 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…
