"Roses for Mama" is a mini quilt (8 3/4" x 11 3/4") made for the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative.  I enjoy designing and making quilts with star blocks and the "Key Lime" blocks in the EQ7 block library are one of my favorite star blocks.  In this quilt they are alternate with the EQ "Calico Puzzle" blocks in a simple horizontal setting.  The centers for the star blocks are fussy cut from a print with tiny roses. The  quilt was designed, pieced, and quilted by me.

"One More Time" is another mini quilt (8 3/4" x 11 1/2") made for the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative.  It was sold by them at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in November 2011.  It is made from "Handy Andy" blocks in two color combinations and has pieced sashings and a pieced inner border to complete the overall design. I am the designer, piecer, and quilter.

Martha Wolfersberger

"Stormy" is a little (slightly less than 9" x 12") quilt in the traditional "Storm at Sea" pattern.  It is pieced from a mixture of stormy dark blue, medium blue, and light blue fabrics and accented with lines of silver metallic quilting. The quilting design is one recommended by John Flynn for Storm at Sea quilts.  It was designed, pieced, and quilted by me, then donated to the Alzheimer Art Quilt Initiative who sold it as a small part of their effort to raise money to fund research into Alzheimer's disease.

Martha Wolfersberger

Read more: http://www.alzquilts.org/6863.html#ixzz1oMcG75Ln

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Here’s the photo of the Rose of Sharon hanging.  I used the blocks I downloaded from Sharon Pederson’s book.  It was fun all the way, the drawing on EQ then the stitching and quilting. 

Jean K. Spero
jntbk1@nrcts.com

EQ ever since I discovered EQ4 has been a God saver for me, letting me size almost anything so I can use the blocks almost everywhere…. I’m not surprised at all that you have been so successful and have really been one of the most important forces in the modern quilt revival.  You all let us get those dreams out of our heads and tinker and save them until we are ready to produce an actual product.  Patti Anderson’s book on EQ Drawing taught me how to sketch on the computer and that opened so many doors…. again thanks.  jks

Jean K. Spero

I used images from the applique library to design this  for friend's baby (boy) and later was asked by another friend to do a version for a baby girl. I love doing applique because I can play with my stash and use up some of the fabric scraps I couldn't bear to part with. As for the Turtle Quilt,  once I learned to use the drawing tools and trace images I had imported I realized the potential EQ7 for letting me design virtually anything I can think up! Now I'm on a roll!

Designing this layout for the EQ 2011 BOM contest was an exciting process, especially the background! Lumiere Sateen pieced strips were used in the background (if your fabric repeat is set correctly, EQ will automatically repeat it in the block). Batiks were used in the blocks and blades. I originally thought prairie points in the binding would promote a festive feeling but in the end just went with the piped binding after adding the dark green strip after it was heavily quilted—my first attempt at quilting to death.

I have written an on-line tutorial and a link to the project file. http://kissedquilts.blogspot.com

It is the quilt called Tiny Texas Twister close to the end of the sketchbook.  I designed this quilt while taking a class from Fran Gonzalez at Quilt University.   I was just playing around with blocks and this quilt was so striking I just had to actually make it.  It was quilted mostly by Sara Burris.

This is one of the first quilts I designed in eq5 .  My local quilt shop stocked this floral print with coordinates (which I fell in love with immediately) and I have always wanted to do a basket block, so I couldn't wait to get home to design this quilt after buying the fabric.  Once I designed this I was hooked on EQ.   Planning on putting it on the quilt frame this summer when the heat gets to unbearable to play outside.

It’s called Dressed for Success. I made 2 versions. One is made from men’s ties and suiting fabrics and the other from 100% quilting cotton. This was designed in the custom layout setting. I’m on a roll!