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student work are from my On Land and Sea class. The photos are pictured in the order
I received them, with the most recent ones closest to the top of the page. Anyone who has
taken this class is invited to send photos of their finished projects to be included on
these pages. The "On Land and Sea" class is available as a two to five day workshop when taught in person, or can be taken online through Quilt University. For information about the next session of On Land and Sea at QU visit my QU class list.
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"Over the Sea to Skye" by Chris Staver
Size: 37" by 26" The quilt is based on a photo that we took in the summer of 2004 on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
Skye was one of our favorite places we visited in Scotland that year. The title for the quilt comes from a song called "The Boat Song"
about bonnie Prince Charlie. My husband is a bagpiper and he loves that song. Initially I was going to put him into the quilt in his
kilt and playing his bagpipes, but as you can see that never happened! I worked on this quilt in Susan's "On Land and Sea" class in the summer of 2005
and then did not take it out to finish it until the summer of 2011.
Chris has a blog where you can read more about her quilting.
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"Two Doors" by Cathy Clark 22"W X 17"L
Cathy writes, "I have taken several of your QU courses: Machine Embellishment, Upside Down Appliqué and most recently,
On Land and Sea (March 2010) during which I began the attached quilt. When my husband took the photo on which this quilt was based, he was waiting for me
to return via Amtrak from a visit to my mother who lived in Reston VA. It reminds me of our wonderful short vacation to the Shenandoah National Park.
We stayed in a cabin perched on the edge of the cliff, overlooking the Shenandoah Valley stretched out below. In the evenings, Chuck surfed the net and
I set up my sewing machine!
"The quilt is approximately 22” by 17” and uses upside down appliqué, machine appliqué, thread painted shrubs, hand embroidered
flowers and tulle shading throughout. It is based on a photo my husband took of a building in Staunton, VA. Situated right across from the train depot
in Staunton’s historical Wharf district, the building was constructed as a combined warehouse and dwelling.
"As I worked on the quilt, I gradually began to see the entrances as representing two objectives for prayer. One motive might
be to ask for help, be it for wisdom, healing, finances, or any number of other blessings (the warehouse door). The other motive might be to spend
time with our Creator getting to know his ways, learn from him, and so deepen our relationship with him (the dwelling door).
"Ironically, in this quilt, it seems that there is more traffic to the warehouse than to the dwelling! The house number seven is
symbolic of completion and rest. It is the sum of three and four, which represent the divine Trinity and Man. The raised area of the dwelling door
forms a cross.
"I find that now, when I pray, I check myself to see where my mind is focused, the warehouse, or the home.
This quilt has been accepted for the Sacred Threads Quilt Exhibition in Reston VA, near Dulles Airport in the Washington, DC area.
The exhibition will be held June 25-July 4. Go to http://sacredthreadsquilts.com/ for more information.
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"Haystacks at Cannon Beach Oregon" by Lynda Morrison 40"W X 32 1/2" L
Made from a photo I took when on holiday on the Oregon Coast |
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2010 |
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Claudia CM
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'La Purisima' is the name of the Mission where my husband took this during a day trip to the Mission,
when we used to live in Santa Barbara (California). I always liked that picture and I was very happy to make a quilt out of it. Also,
I have a fond memory of the trip because I had just got pregnant with my first child. |
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2009 |
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Helena Cameron
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This quilt is made from a photo taken near my home in Aberdeenshire in Scotland
and is a view that I see every day and which always lifts my spirits. The towers in front of the loch stand either side of large gates
which were the grand entrance to the estate in days gone by. |
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2008 |
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Lake Volta, Akosombo, Ghana, Africa by
Adele Brouse Size of the quilt: 31" x 42" Akosombo Dam was built in 1964 to supply power to Ghana and 2 neighboring countries. Volta Lake is the world's largest man-made lake and the submerged forest is the reason for our employment in Ghana. This piece is a combination of Viewpoints and On Land and Sea. As I was limited to fabrics, I did a lot of dyeing of stash to get enough of a variety of greens for the picture and border. It was very fulfilling to combine two of your classes to finish this piece. |
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"Fire Tower of Veszprém" by
Zsuzsa Benko Size of the quilt :35" x 49" The Fire Tower of Veszprém, Hungary is one of the town's hallmarks and oldest structures. Located at the southern end of the castle, the 48 meter tower was built in the Middle Ages. The whole settlement could have been monitored from the top. This was extremely important in this windy place where the chances of fires spreading all over were high. |
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Two details of ZSuzsa's quilt, above and left. |
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2006 |
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"The Bridge at Hanmer Springs" by
Julia Arden measures 33"w x 25"l The Waiau Ferry Bridge (1887) near Hanmer Springs is a single lane wooden bridge on original ironwork. In the centre is a platform from which the reckless can Bungee jump into the cold water below! The original photo was taken from a viewpoint on the Hanmer side of the bridge. We were on our way to the relaxing hot springs (100 degrees F) which made the town famous. Many rivers and lakes in NZ are an unreal blue/turquoise because of the suspended rock dust being carried from the Southern Alps. |
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| "Painting Half Dome at Yosemite" by
Marilyn Smith measures 48"w x 41"l
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Marilyn tells us, "This quilt was made from a
photo that I took in Yosemite, 2006. It is looking from Glacier Point toward Half Dome.
The day I was there, a woman was painting a picture of Half Dome and her body language
spoke volumes to me. The perfect piece of art is always easier to create when the subject
is perfect as well. Yosemite's Half Dome, under scrutiny of another artist, lends its
image to this fabric study of God's perfection in creation. Thread painted and machine
appliqued."
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Ancient Lands by Judy Haas measures 40" x 44" The landscape quilt is a combination of several pictures taken along a scenic highway along the Colorado River in Utah when we took our daughter to college in Arizona in l986. The river is the Colorado and the mountains probably are the San Francisco Peaks in AZ. The scene seemed just the right one for a first landscape quilt. |
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About the postcard quilt above Judy says, "I needed a postcard for a FiberChallenge to send to Virginia Spiegel for fundraising at the Houston Quilt Show so I took the detail image, changed it a bit and using iron on machine applique turned it into a postcard." |
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Red Bridge by Carol Rothermel (at
left) measures 32" x 27" The Red Bridge spans the Tulpehocken Creek in Berks Co, PA and is the largest single span covered bridge in PA. This quilt was begun in the Spring 2006 session of On Land and Sea. |
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Lake Hayes by Fay Longstaff (at left) measures 39" x 28" Fay says of this piece and the next one, below, that "both original snaps were taken in the South Island of New Zealand, where there is a photo opportunity around every bend in the road. We were there about 7 years ago, and would love to go back again." |
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| Lake Hawea by Fay Longstaff (at right) 41" x 29" Both projects were completed during the April 2006 session of "On Land and Sea" at Quilt University . |
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I am happy to say that enough of you have sent me photos of your quilts that I have needed to expand the gallery. Follow the links above to see more "On Land and Sea" quilts. If you have taken my "On Land and Sea"
class either in person or online and have completed a project from the class, please send
me a photo of your work to be included here. You may also send a detail shot if you wish. Thanks!
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