San Antonio Eye Bank Donor Family Quilt featuring Corporal Jose Luis “Speedy” Espericueta Jr.
Corporal Jose Luis “Speedy” Espericueta Jr. joined the Mission Police Department in 2005, proudly serving his community for 13 years. On June 20, 2019, he was tragically killed in the line of duty while responding to a service call. Speedy is survived by his wife, Roberta “Bobbie” Espericueta, and his children, Brianna and Joaquin. He is remembered by family, friends, and fellow officers for his genuine smile, great sense of humor, and the abundance of love he had for his family and his brothers and sisters in blue. This San Antonio Eye Bank Donor Family Quilt honors and remembers donors while providing transplant recipients an opportunity to express gratitude for the gift of sight. Used by organizations across the country, these quilts serve as a visual representation of how lives are touched through donation and transplantation. Through his posthumous donation to the San Antonio Eye Bank, Speedy gave the gift of sight, and his generosity and service are forever memorialized in this quilt.
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The Friendship Tree Bears Wild Fruit
Pat Cooper
The quilt was inspired, and is dedicated to the many wonderful friends that I have made here in the Rio Grande Valley. The trunk is pleated and tucked burlap. The top of the tree are fabric strips woven into rug hooking canvas and the pods or "fruit" are seed pods I picked up while I was working in California. There are words sewn into the sky, Joy, Dream, Trust, Hope, Compassion, Love, Spirit.
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Lamentations 1; Everything is Fine
Pat Cooper
Created in the beginning of Covid (Spring of 2020), before we knew how bad it would get, it has pieces of cheerful vintage quilt squares included in the design. The construction is in the Kawandi Style of the Siddi Women of India, where pieces are appliqued onto a backing (in this case an old feed or flour sack) and center filling. Using a long running stitch the pieces are attached starting at the edge and working towards the center which can be a challenging way to create a design.
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Stonehenge Land of the Free
Cindy Olson
My inspiration for this & other patriotic quilts that I have made is to honor our veterans. This quilt took on a life of its own as I did change from the original design. Sewing is something I can do to give comfort& warmth to veterans. The recipient of this quilt, Bill Baker, and his wife Angel, encouraged me to show this quilt. I love our Red, White, & Blue to honor these veterans as best I can & to let them know their sacrifice is not forgotten. Quilt was made in Spring of 2024.
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A Light in the Window
Jessee Province
This is an "OBW with Panel" quilt. OBW stands for "one block wonder." For this quilt I used 7 duplicate panels of the old house. The panels are cut up into strips and hexagons are made. The hexagons are designed around the panel. To keep the quilt smaller I only cut up some parts of the panels to make the hexagons. The remaining sections of the panels I used to make a collage for the back. Both sides of the quilt are interesting to view.
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Dancing to the Heartbeat of Texas
Charlotte Vescova - Rodeo Quiliting
The pattern for my quilt "Texas" by Tricia Cribbs inspired me with all the different sewing techniques used… log cabin blocks, flying geese, applique, and knowing I could incorporate machine embroidery in the design! Although Texas is known for bluebonnet flowers, I used a bright sunflower fabric instead. I went for an entire different color scheme, embroidered sunflowers along the inner borders, and changed the original prose in the center of the quilt to elaborate sunflowers in Texas, while still dancing to the referred Cotton-Eyed Joe melody. Techniques- Machine pieced, machine appliqued, machine embroidered, machine quilted, free-motion quilted.
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Mis Molas
(Big Sister)
Sylvia Pahl
This quilt was made using my collection of molas, obtained from the Kuna Indians of the San Blas Islands near Panama. The molas were all different sizes. They are made from all kinds of fabrics. Some were quite delicate. I reinforced them before I squared them to put into the final design. Originally I was going to frame each one individually, however, I was inspired to make a quilt after I saw a quilt using molas at a quilt show in Dallas. I had enough molas left over to make a smaller quilt (Little Sister).
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WCNSF
Melissa Arijone
This is a data visualization of Palestinian children’s experiences of the Gaza genocide as of Month 4 (February 2024). The 17,000 blocks of color represent the unaccompanied minors left behind (UNICEF), many of whom received the designation “Wounded Child, No Surviving Family” during triage. The 12,300 black Xs represent the children’s death toll as of Month 4 (UNRWA). The maroon Xs represent the 1 out of every 6 children under the age of 2 who suffered acute malnutrition as of Month 4. There are 34,000 pieces total and all of the seams were pressed open.
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Hawaii 5-0
Eileen Hansen
My travel nurse daughter worked in Hawaii for a year and returned home with 4 pieces of souvenir fabric and requested a quilt to use them. When a friend saw the choices, she said "What the heck are you going to do with that?!" It took some thought and a bit of fussy cutting to come up with a "garden window" effect. Rather than an all over quilting pattern, I hand quilted around the flowers and leaves to emphasize the fabric designs. And, of course, I used Kona cotton for the backing.
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Reindeer Herd
Nancy Plantz
Love the Reindeer At Christmas- I have a grandson who loves this quilt and when I hang it at home he knows Christmas is on the way. One year I didn't hang it before leaving for Christmas and when I got home he said, "Grandma you forgot to put out the Reindeer!" He says out of all my quilts this is the one he wants someday. This is Buttonhole Applique done on the machine. Made in approx. 1998 it is a Nancy Halvorsen pattern from her Art to Heart Christmas book.
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Dresdenplate Quilt
Anna M. Limbaugh
My mother was a quilter and when she passed we were going through all her material and the projects she made and the ones she had in different stages. We found a quilt she had started using state flowers material. My sister handed it to me and said, "Here, you finish it." Since I had just started quilting I had no idea what to do, so I asked a friend who is a quilter and she suggested I rip it out and start over. I did but not with the pattern Mom was using. So I picked through the material and found pieces I could use and used the Dresdenplate quilt pattern. Mom would have been proud I used the material and made a quilt.
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Say It With Flowers
Audry Stewart
I embroidered the little flower baskets about 20 years ago. Not knowing what to do with them, they went into a drawer where they sat until 2024 when I made a commitment to finish some projects rather than start new ones. This quilt has been my most challenging. I designed it, learned some new skills, and after working, worrying, ripping and remeasuring it was finished in December 2024. I like the flow of the arched flying geese. They seem to play well with the delicate flower baskets wthout causing them to disappear into the quilt. The embroidered center was inspired by an appliqued quilt pattern by Jill Finely. I thought about adding another border but decided that anything else but a narrow binding would distract from the design. One lone basket was left and seemed perfect for the label. Designed, embroidered, and pieced by Audry Stewart. Custom quilted by Sandra Burgess. Completed December 2024.
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Gingham Beach Babes
Maria King
This quilt was just plain fun! I saw the pattern in a quilt magazine and immediately thought of gingham to get those bright summery colors. My stash produced a variety of both colors and scales. The skin tones are not a comment about race in America- they are what I ahd in my stash, The swimsuit skirt was a curtain ruffle and the pink, well... sunburn.