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 | 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 | 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…
