24th Annual Loveland Branch Library Quilt Show
Thank you for participating in this year's quilt show! Find all the quilts that were featured this year below.
Stay tuned for information about the 25th Annual Loveland Branch Library Quilt Show in 2025!
A Day of All Things Quilting
The 24th Annual Loveland Branch Library Quilt Show featured beautiful quilts made by members of the community, programming for all ages, and live music!
Gallery Walk Program
Over 40 quilts were featured in this year's quilt show. Check out each quilt's story submitted by the quilters.
1. Patchwork Memories
Karen Bush
This pillow was made from my daddy's shirts. Each piece holds precious memories of special times, special places, and a very special man. He was a proud man, who loved working in his garden and blueberry patch, going to the mountains and spending time with his family. But most of all, he was a Godly man who lived his faith, who walked it, talked it and showed it to everyone he met. My daddy leaves a unique legacy embossed upon our hearts that time can never erase. And although he is still loved and missed dearly, I can hold this pillow close to my heart, let the wonderful memories of days gone by flood my soul, as his touch lingers on and on.
2. Charity Quilt
Janis Fogle
My quilt is from a pattern called "A magic show" from the May/June 2020 issue of Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting magazine. All the fabric used, in this quilt, was from my stash and it will be donated to New Life Furniture Bank, as a hand up to someone trying to better their situation.
3. Peace and Comfort
Janis Fogle
This is my "go to" comfort quilt pattern when I need a quick quilt. I cut remnants into 5 inch or 2.5 inch squares, so the cutting is done. This is a charity quilt, so I hope it will bring its new owner peace and comfort.
4. Pink Christmas
Pat Prall
There are pre-printed squares mixed with ones I designed myself. The flower and tree squares I mixed with the others to give it a personal touch.
5. Daisy
Pat Prall
I saw a painting somewhere that looked like this. Daisies are my favorite flowers. I used all leftover fabric for background and appliqued the daisy by hand.
6. House of Card Tricks
Judith L. Allen, DMD
This quilt is based on the "Card Trick" quilt block, but was modified to make it into scrappy blocks based on the same colors. Machine pieced; machine quilted.
7. My Daughter's Smile
Becky Wells
My daughter is a beautiful soul. This picture captured her smile perfectly. She is so wonderful, and so loving. The picture had to be made into a quilt.
8. Comfort Quilt, String Quilt
Jeanette Wilson
I cut muslin or any kid-friendly fabric into 9-inch squares. I chose one bright fabric for the centers of each square. I cut them into strips and then lightly glued the strips down the diagonal center of the square. Then I sew any strips of fabric to each side until the block is full. I always use fleece on the back.
9. Chinese Coin Comfort Quilt
Jeanette Wilson
I've collected many fabrics. I cut 2.5 x 6.5 and then use them as tagits, pairing two together. Each of the three rows of coins has 27, all different fabrics - 81 total. The shashings are cut 4.5 inchesof the focus fabric an 1 1/4 for the two strips. This quilt fits on one cut of background fabric.
10. Terrific!
Karen Somers
This quilt was inspired by the story of piglet, Wilbur, and his friends, the young girl Fern, Charlotte, the kind and wise spider, Templeton, the grumpy rat, and the other barnyard animals. The book has been a favorite in our family for decades, especially so because our last name was Templeton. Credit and homage go to the book Charlotte's Web, and to its creators, E.B. White for the lovely, sweet story, and Garth Williams for his beautiful illustrations.
11. Bookcase #1
Kathy Womer
My son-in-law takes his son to this library, and encouraged me to exhibit some of my quilts. I made the 2-shelf quilt because it was different - and had so much fun that I decided to make another.
12. Bookcase #2 - A Few of My Favorite Things
Kathy Womer
Making the 2 shelf bookcase quilt was not enough for me - I needed to make more shelves! Finding the right fabrics was fun - most of them were in my stash of fabric. And I basically made up the items in the shelves - 5 shelves.
13. Patriotic Flowers
Heather Lewis
This was a kit I bought years ago and found while cleaning out my sewing room.
14. Fox in the Woods
Heather Lewis
I think foxes are adorable. When I saw this pattern, I knew I had I had to make it for myself.
15. Orange/Yellow Cross
Heather Lewis
Although mom doesn't quilt, she accompanies me to shops. She selected this pattern a few years ago. I made it this year for her Mother's Day gift.
16. Housetop No. 1
Amy Goodman
Made with woven fabrics; machine pieced and quilted.
17. Untitled No. 1
Amy Goodman
Improvisationally pieced with a mix of machine and hand quilting. A glue basting mishap required washing to remove, resulting in a crinkled texture usually reserved for quilts meant to snuggle under.
18. Ode to Annabel
Amy Goodman
This small quilt was started in an improvisational quilting class with Annabel Wrigley at this year's QuiltCon in Raleigh, NC. The composition was finalized and quilted at home, and backed with fabric from her Daisy Chain collection for Windham Fabrics.
19. Bayside
Amy Goodman
Improvisationally pieced with appliqued "squiggle". Machine quilted and faced to enclose unfinished edges.
20. "Comin' Round the Bend"
Celesta Pyle
My husband love trains, model trains, real trains, any kind of trains! I used a pre-printed panel and added several borders bringing it to 35x47 inches as a gift for him. It was hand quilted by my friend, Clara Coblentz.
21. Many Facets of Love
Linda Waugh
My daughter Laura Cooper and I used the buddy system to each make a heart quilt in February, 2023. We loved the colors and the challenge of this contemporary design by Missouri Star. I added a pieced border and hand quilted my wall quilt using the big stitch technique. This quilt won a 5th place ribbon at the 2023 Warren County Fair.
22. Danny Boy's Chain
Janie Robertson
This miniature quilt was made from the same fabric I used to make a full sized Irish Chain quilt for my son Daniel. He was born on St. Patrick's Day. The white squares on both quilts have shamrocks stitched in the centers for the Luck of the Irish. This quilt is all handstitched and pieced.
23. Just for Fun
Janie Robertson
Sunshine and shadows is one of my favorite patterns. One rainy day, I handpieced and quilted this miniature just for fun. Perhaps I was thinking the sunshine might return to call me into the garden.
24. Postage Stamp
Janie Robertson
I have made many quilts for family members. My niece use to tease me saying she wanted a Postage Stamp quilt. This miniature was made for her doll to fulfill a promise! I knew I wouldn't have the patience to make one full-sized.
25. KC's Quilt
Janie Robertson
This miniature quilt is made from the fabrics used in a queen sized Log Cabin Quilt I handstitched for my godchild. She and her family live in a log cabin nestled in the woods. The quilt has adorned the wall in the living room for 30 years. This miniature was made for a remembrance of it.
26. Amish Flying Geese
Janie Robertson
After visiting Amish country for a relief sale, I had stitched this miniature quilt to represent geese flying in the night sky as they migrate each year.
27. Danie's Delight
Janie Robertson
My sister loves blue so when she asked me to teach her to quilt, sunshine and shadows was the perfect pattern, She made a full-sized quilt and I jused her scrap fabric to make this miniature.
28. Mama's Cabin
Janie Robertson
This handmade log cabin wall hanging was made for my mother who hung it in her family room.
29. Hazie's Christening
Janie Robertson
This handmade dress and quilt was made for my only granddaughter. The floral fabric and lace came from a dress I owned as a young woman. I saved it, along with a blue and white dress in the hope of having grandchildren for whom I would make christening quilts. Our sweet Hazie was born 40 years after I wore my dress.
30. For the Love of Boys
Janie Robertson
My wedding dress was white silk with blue hearts. I saved it and made this quilt for my first grandson. Subsequently, all four of my grandsons were christened while wrapped in it. This quilt and all of my quilts are pieced and quilted by hand with love and prayers.
31. My First Quilt: Squash Blossom Pattern
Kaya Burgin
I enjoy being creative and as the Branch Manager here at Loveland, I experienced my first quilt show in 2023. I wanted to try making a quilt. It's exhilerating and frustrating all at the same time. However, once it comes together and the quilt is bound, the sheer happiness I felt from doing something very different was amazing. Now, I have a new hobby!
32. Red Hot
Sue Seissiger
This is a favorite pattern of mine - square in a square (in this case, a third square) set on point. A good pattern for bigger print fabrics. I wanted to do a red and white quilt because I can pair with navy stripes in July and pair with green at Christmas. Most fabrics are from Riley Blake's "Red Hot".
33. Paintings
Richard M. (Mike) Crossen
My grandmother made quilts and we still use three of them. I grew up in a farm town in northeastern Ohio and have always enjoyed being in the country on two lane roads. The practice of putting quilt patches on barns began in Adams County, Ohio around the turn of the century by Donna Sue Groves to honor her mother. It is a form of American Folk Art that preserves the counties quilting tradition. Quilt Barn Trails can now be found in 48 states and Canada. Several years ago, my wife and I began searching for quilt barn trails when we traveled to Minnesota and to Georgia, and from Georgia to New England. We have discovered Quilt Barn Trails in every state in between also. A few years ago, I began painting Quilt Patterns and Quilt Barns on pieces of plywood. It is just a hobby, not a business.
Cincinnati Modern Quilt Guild Quilts
34. Book Review
Denise Stockstill
Bookcase Quilt
35. Two Passions
Kristen MacCartney
How to represent 60+ years of reading? Instead of a single title, I went with my weekly literary companion since 1982 - The New Yorker. In theory, that's over 2,100 issues of some of the best writing in the world! This quilt is a remake of the January 31, 2022 cover art by Sergio Garcia Sanchez, titled "Modern Life". When I spotted the Alexander Henry "Ghastlie" fabric centered on a dressmaker with a sewing crazy gleam in her eye, I felt I could bring a creative twist to Sanchez's vision, and honor two passions, reading and quilting.
36. Miss Katy
Diane Luebbe
Miss Katy from Delhi Library has been teaching and interacting with youngsters for 15 years! What an invaluable gem we have here in Delhi!
37. My Favorite Book Series
Barbara Moreda
this was designed in response to the Guild's Literary Challenge. I am a relatively new quilter, and this is only my second full-sized finished quilt. I have been an avid reader all my life, though I currently almost exclusively do audiobooks so I have time for other things (such as quilting!). Last year, I listened to more than 127 books, many of them 20-30 hours long.
I picked out quotes from my favorite series and created a book cover with the quotes. I used foundation paper piecing to create the books. Hand dyed fabric was used for thr pops of color and the patterned fabric is Kaffe Paperwhite. The bookshelf design was from a video from Missouri Star Quilt - as was the vase and cat.
38. "The Great Gatsby: Celestian Eyes"
Julie Hotchkiss
This quilt was sewn, embroidered, with the front quilted by hand and the back machine sewn. It is my interpretation of the painting by Francis Cugat, "Celestial Eyes" that was the cover of the first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby". Like everyone of generation, I read the book in sophmore English, but later learned that a historic figure, a bootlegger named George Remus, who lived in my neighborhood (Price Hill), may have been the real-life inspiration for Jay Gatsby.
39. Library Fish
Lisa Horn
I saw the book "Library Fish" and thought it would be a great idea to make the literary challenge quilt with the book as the STAR.
40. Fluttering Pages
Janice Pleimann
I had the fabric in my stash and knew it would be perfect. Its Readerville by Kris Stammers for Maywood Studio. A cursory glance on Pinterst brought me to Notes to Self, a pattern by Sarah Ruiz. This is a foundation paper piecing pattern, my second such project.
41. Don Quixote
Janet McPherson
"Don Quixote" was the #1 book in the "Novel 100". I decided to read them all. I didn't like either translation I tried. Then I tried an abridged version. I didn't like that nor did I like the recording of "Man of La Mancha" on a CD. So I decided to honor this great literary work with a quilt. "Windmill blocks alternate with "Castles in Spain" blocks.
42. Happy Place
Amy Goodman
This quilt was made for the Guild's Literary Challenge. It's my own foundation paper pieced design, inspired by Angela Pingel's Book Nerd pattern. It's named after a favorite Emily Henry novel.
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