Welcome to the oasis of calm in a noisy world.  Celebrate the sense of hearing—especially the subtle sounds often lost in the clamor of life.  This quilt is part of my Simply Sensational series using architectural settings to highlight each of the five senses.

Source of Design:  Original.

Made and Quilted By:  Rachel Wetzler.

Pictures: MEDIUM & LARGE

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Inspiration:  An antique quilt.  Drew all the feather designs.  Front is cotton sateen, back muslin.  Trapuntoed with Dream-Poly Select.  Fairfield Cotton Classic batting.  YLI silk thread for quilting front and back.  Free-motion quilting using a Bernina machine.  Wording “From the Past to the Present 2006 M. Sorrells”.

Source of Design:  Original.

Made and Quilted By:  Mildred Sorrells.

Pictures: MEDIUM & LARGE

Part of The Confetti Series.  This quilt began by making block-like formations using the irregular small confetti pieces guided by value choices.  Formatting them into a larger piece by intermixing the colors to connect the blocks was more of a challenge.  The result when viewed from afar reminds me of those “Brite-Light” boards my children played with when they were young because the appliquéd confetti pieces just illuminated the larger structure.  Each block is then quilted in concentric circles that overlap making a complex design of their own.

Source of Design:  Original.

Made and Quilted By:  Carol Taylor.

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Source of Design:  Elsie Campbell’s “Starflower”. 

Made By:  Francis C. Moore.

Quilted By:  Jennifer Cunningham.

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Inspired by “The Passion of the Christ”.  Styled as a Coat of Arms.  The shield focuses on the passion.  Other symbols represent Christ’s names, like Vine, Anchor, Lion.  Christ’s monogram hangs from a collar depicting 12 disciples as gold roundels (except Judas as a silver coin—his means of betrayal).

Source of Design:  Original.

Made and Quilted By:  Rachel Wetzler.

Pictures: MEDIUM & LARGE