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NSQG Celebrity Auction For the benefit of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum

Saturday, July 25, 2009 Cornhusker Marriott Hotel, Lincoln, NE

Following the evening banquet and speaker Dee Acklie, Auctioneer

Item 1 Donated by Ann Fahl of Racine, WI “Tiny Quilt” 6” x 6”

Item 2 Donated by Debbie Caffrey of Santa Fe, NM 13 Autographed books Some of these books are now out of print. Titles include: An Alaska Sampler, Blocks and Quilts Everywhere, Open a Can of Worms, Another Can of Worms, Power Cutting, Power Cutting, Too, Noodle Soup, Shape Up your Fat Quarters, Scraps to You, Too, Quilting Season and from the Becoming a Confident Quilter Series: Delectably Simple Mountains, Perfect & Painless Half Square Triangle Units and It’s Hip to Be Square.

Item 3 Donated by Larkin Jean Van Horn of Whidby Island, WA “A Page from My Book” ­ Journal Quilts 2002 8.5” x 11” Made in April, 2002

Item 4 Donated by Sharyn Craig of El Cajon, CA Lemoyne Star Kit plus Templates and Instructions for Hands All Around Quilt For questions, call Katy Coleman at 402­643­6451

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Item 5 Donated by Linda Winter of Holdrege, NE Feed Sack Embroidered Doll Quilt 16.25” x 17.75” Made of 9 little embroidered test designs from old transfer sheets. Backed with juvenile feed sack print— all vintage materials popular during the 1930s. Machine pieced and hand quilted. Detail

Item 6 Donated by LeeAnn Larson Frobom of Lincoln, NE “Be It Ever So Humble” 8” x 10” Originally made for the “Artful Dwellings” Challenge, LQG Quiltfest 2006 Pattern: “Hillbilly Hotel” from Quilted Havens, published by AQS in1999

Item 7 Donated by Fons & Porter One Year Subscription to “Love of Quilting”

Item 8 Donated by Millie Fauquet of Lincoln, NE “Friends All Around” Autograph Quilt 19.5” x 28” Designed by Millie & Gloria Smith, and featuring the signatures of Jane Sassaman, Marianne Fons and Liz Porter, and….. Two blank squares will allow the new owner to have it signed by the notables of her choice. Fabrics:RJR Lazy Crazy Friendship Exchange, NSQG 2004

Item 9 Donated by Flavin Glover of Auburn, Alabama Autographed Book “Log Cabin Quilts”

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Item 10 Donated by Sandi MacMillan of Albion, NE Small Quilt, and copy of Magazine in which it was published with an appliqué lesson on Skinny Stems.

Item 11 (set of 2) Donated by Jo Diggs of Portland, ME Signed Poster of her Quilt, “Many Winters” One in poster frame. Second print rolled.

Item 12 Donated by Katie Wilson of Norfolk, NE “Fish 2” 32” x 37” Made Feb13—March 25, 2009

Item 13 Donated by Joen Wolfrom of Fox Island, WA “Stepping Out” 2007 82” x 82” Designed and made by Joen Wolfrom and quilted by Veronica Nurmi. Can be hung on a wall or used as a dou­ble/queen bed coverlet. The design is a two­block design that plays with value and color changes. Its colors in­clude a variety of blues, violets, and reds. Its values move from very light to dark blue and black. Although this quilt is made from historic traditional blocks, the use of color and value gives it a very contemporary feeling.

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Item 14 Donated by Bonnie Kucera of Firth, NE My Favorite Stars 16” x 16”

Item 15 Donated by Marilyn Schmadeke Rembolt of Lincoln, NE “Pears” 22 1/2” x 26 1/2” Started in a workshop with Maggie Weiss in November 2008. Completed February 2009.

Item 16 Donated by Sheila Green of Lincoln, NE “Tree of Life” 38” x 38” Inspired by the “Chintz Appliqué: From Imitation to Icon” Exhibit at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum. Fabrics are from the Empire line, designed and manufactured in England, and based on a collection of antique prints featuring wall hangings and costumes of the 17th and 18th century.

Item 17 Donated by Judy Woodworth of Gering, NE White­on­White 22 x 21 3/4” Machine quilted.

This miniature won a blue ribbon at the 2008 Nebraska State Fair for Hand­Quilted Small Wall hanging and a spe­cial “Most Patriotic– small size” award.

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Item 18 Donated by Janalee Petsch of Milford, NE “Life Lines” 34” x 42.5” “The lessons are passed from person to person and house to house. Wisdom learned line by line.” Machine reverse appliqué, dimensional appliqué, hand embellishment, and transferred text. Village grid from “Simple Stained Glass Quilts” by Daphne Greig and Susan Purney Mark ©2008

Item 19 Donated by Paulette Peters of Elkhorn, NE “Lo’s Redwork” From the hands of two friends who worked together for so many years. 49.5” x 59” Embroidery by Lois Gottsch. Patchwork and quilting by Paulette Peters. Floral designs are from “Favorite Redwork Patterns” by Betty Alderman

Item 20 Donated by Sandi Kosch of Shelby, NE 13 Fabric Postcards in Display Hanger

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Item 21 Donated by Katy Coleman of Seward, NE “Bonsai #3—Han­Kengai Dogwood” 29.75” x 32.5” Kanji in the upper left hand corner means “long life”. Original design.

Item 22 Donated by Chris Vestecka Taylor Quilt + 4 art­postcards The quilt, 12 5/8” x 29” was inspired by a Nancy Crow workshop held at the IQSC & M in the spring of 2008.

Postcard method was learned in a Lincoln Quilters Guild workshop with Shelley Burge. Cards have clear mailing envelopes and are embellished with glass beads.

Item 23 Donated by Sandy Anderson of Lincoln, NE Two­part series: #1 “He Has Nice Ankles” 23.75” x 20.5” #2 “And Then They Looked Up” 26” x 18.5” Humorous quilted reaction to Michelangelo's ‘David.’ Hand and machine appliquéd, machine quilted, hand embellished. Detail

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Item 24 Donated by Janice Lippincott of Blair, NE “Life...Just Going Around in Circles” 22.25” x 18.24” Started in a 2007 class with Jane Sassaman. Completed May 2009.

Item 25 Donated by Peg Pennell of Ashland, NE Quilted Portfolio 26” x 19” with 15.5” x 17” outside pocket on front and back pocket large enough for a 24” ruler. Machine pieced and quilted.

Item 26 Donated by Shelley Burge of Lincoln, NE “A Touch of Delft” Made in April, 1996, this quilt was made with blocks leftover from piecing the cover quilt of Shelly’s first book, Terrific Trian­gles. Most of the fabrics used were purchased in the Netherlands , a trip enabled by the Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship. The block pattern, “Dutch Nine Patch” was inspired by an antique quilt exhibited by the Netherlands National Quilt Guild at Quilt Expo Europa. The backing fabric was purchased at an Amish­owned quilt shop in Pennsylvania. Included is a copy of the book Terrific Trian­gles, which is now out of print.

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Item 27 Donated by Dianne Thomas of Omaha, NE “Black and White and Posies All Over II” 2009 30” x 45”

Item 28 Donated by Ann Bade of Nebraska City, NE “Baskets” 2006 22” x 27.75”

Item 29 Donated by Ann Bade of Nebraska City, NE “A Joint Adventure” 35.75” x 38.5” Blocks pieced by Ann Bade of Nebraska City, and Bonnie Haith of Brock. Hand Quilted by Ann. Inspired by an antique quilt made between 1870—1890, from the collection of Charlotte Ekbach.

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Item 30 Donated by Sheila Beins of Seward, NE “Building the Museum One Quilt at a Time” 25.25” x 25.25”

Item 31 Donated by Em Jorgenson of Callaway, NE Welcome Banner Quilt 21.25” x 20.25” Primitive appliqué includes felted wool.

Item 32 Donated by Nancy Shavlik of Bartlett, NE Limoges Tea Set and Doll Quilt Wouldn’t the little girl in your life be delighted with this tea sat and doll quilt? Included are six cups and saucers, cream and sugar, and teapot in a lovely rose color. The coordinating patch­work doll quilt, measuring 14” x 18” is hand quilted by Nancy.

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Item 33 Donated by Alice Cruz, of Omaha, NE This is a variation of Alice’s 1­Hur Tote Bag (it took a little longer.) Using her technique “Too Small to Keep, Too Big to Throw Away”, the outside of the bag is constructed from a color wheel of fabrics. The bag is lined with rust­dyed fabric and measures 17” tall,13” long, and 8” wide. This perfect­for­shopping­anywhere bag includes a walnut needle case made by artist Jim Jaworski of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Item 34 Donated by Esther Kleinkauf of North Platte, NE “Victorian Crystal Fantasy” 25.5” x 25.5” Digitizing by Jenny Haskins, Australia. Silk dupioni, embellished with embroidery, beading, crystals, buttons and lace.

Item 35 Donated by Janet Kugler of Holdrege, NE “Teddy Strolling With Mary” 18.75” x 18.75” Made to honor Quilt Nebraska Teddy, who was part of the first (1986) QNE Raffle AND Mary Ghormley, an inspiration to all. The blue fabric is from Mary’s 2008 tag sale, having been purchased March 20, 1987 at the Bancroft, NE general store. Machine pieced and hand quilted by Janet Kugler, Teddy’s owner. Completed May, 2009

Item 36 Donated by Lynn Greer of Edgar, NE “Flower Basket” 11.25” x 12” An original miniature quilt made in the spring of 2009. This quilt features a small basket of flowers surrounded by an oval triple border and groupings of appliquéd flowers in all four corners of the next section. The fused flowers and basket are stitched with silk thread using a small buttonhole stitch on the sewing machine. Tiny borders are inserted in the center, and folded fabric flanges provide accents to the binding and outside border. Lynn machine quilted this miniature using silk thread.

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Item 37 Donated by Elaine Martin of Lincoln, NE “Geode Star” 33” x 33.75” Original design used to teach an advanced quilting workshop featuring intricate piec­ing and color placement theory.

Item 38 Donated by Marian Fosler of Milford, NE “My Name is Floribunda” 37” tall doll “ I am a garden nymph. My dream is to sit among your flowers in a sunny window. I will talk soft words of encouragement to your plants—and I will flit about—but only when no one can see me. My face was painted by elinor peace bailey —but Marian Fosler gave me life” Face Detail

Item 39 Donated by Laura Franchini of Wisner, NE Small Quilt, 1993 17” x 16.75” Hand quilted and tied.

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Item 40 Donated by Leah Sorensen­Hayes of Lincoln, NE “INLAY /OUTLAY” 27” h x 18.75” w 100% cotton, machine­sewn Made in 2009

Item 41 Donated by Carol Brandl of Lincoln, NE Photo unavailable at press time.

Item 42 Donated by Barbara Brackman of Lawrence, Kansas “Lost Ship” 57” x 57” 2002 Quilted by Pam Mayfield, also of Lawrence, KS This reproduction quilt in madder browns and shirting prints was the model for the project in Barbara's book America's Printed Fabrics 1770­1890. See page 118.

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Item 43 Donated by John Flynn of Billings, Montana Miniature Storm At Sea 14” x 17.5” Machine pieced and quilted of batiks, this spectacular miniature quilt is not paper pieced!

Item 44 Donated by Terry Clothier Thompson of Lawrence, Kansas Photo Unavailable at Press Time

Item 45 Donated by Bea Bauerle of Champion, NE 39” x 40” No photograph can do justice to this exquisite whole­cloth hand quilted beauty! Bea used variegated quilting thread to show off the lovely detail . Detail —>

Item 46 Donated by Angela McClean of Aurora, NE “A 1970s Kinda Love” 18.75” x 17.5” “ Inspiration is everywhere! This quilt was inspired by a 1970’s washcloth. I loved the stylized flowers of the cloth and mimicked them in my quilt. I did not have a drawn out plan, but designed as I went along.. This was just a fun project—all done by hand.”

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Item 47 Donated by Susan Minchow of Pleasant Dale, NE 11.25” x 11.25” Hand appliquéd and hand quilted 2005

Item 48 Donated by Roxann O’Hare of Raymond, NE Daiwabo Quilt Photo unavailable at press time

Item 49 Donated by Lois Puckett Wilson of Lincoln, NE “Coneflowers In Black and White” 20.5” x 23.5” Created for Harmonics Group “Converging Into Coneflowers” show, August,2008. Hand and machine quilted, hand beaded with glass beads. 100% cotton fabrics, Hobbs 100% polyester batting.

Item 50 Donated by JWD Publishing LLC Flowers in Blue Milk Pitcher is a quilt designed by Gwen Marston. This appliqué quilt was created by Photo unavailable at press time Mickey Swall for JWD Publishing LLC. This four­block flower wall quilt is 50” x 54”. Flowers are multi­colored; the background is off­white; the flower pitchers and border are blue. This charming quilt is typical of Gwen Marston’s early primitive flower designs.

Item 51 Donated by Vicky Skuodas of Crete, NE The flaking paint on this 12" x 27" old white cradle does not diminish its charm. The blocks were purchased at Mary Ghormley's estate sale. Though not made by Mary, these vintage blocks make a period quilt that is certain to make any "little girl" smile!