Category: quilting

• Monkey Wrench 2019-2020 Designing as I go

  

  Machine pieced Monkey Wrench Pattern using triangles and squares to form the 10″ Squares.  This quilt was started in May 2019 and finished in August 2020. A friend from quilting mentioned that she wanted to do a monkey wrench quilt but all she had was directions for a twelve inch block. Thinking about it I…

  marcia mcdade

  June 30, 2019

  abstract, collage, fiber, Hand work, quilting, rags, scraps, Sewing

  Crafts, piecing, quilting, scraps, techniques

• Quilts Speak at NC Museum of History

  

  Highlights from our day at the Quilt In with the Cedar Grove Quilters

  marcia mcdade

  June 16, 2019

  abstract, fiber, folkart, Hand work, quilting, rags, scraps, Sewing

  cedar grove quilters, colorful, demonstration, handmade, quilting, quilts, Sewing, worshops

• Marion Making a Checkerboard Border

  

    Step One cut 3 inch stripes of black and white.  Sew them together in two patterns.  White Black White and Black White Black. It took quite a while to assemble this border and then attach it to the quilt.   Once it was complete I took it to show it to the Cedar Grove Quilters. …

  marcia mcdade

  March 6, 2019

  abstract, fiber, quilting, Sewing

  color, Crafts, quilting, scraps, Sewing, technique, techniques

• A New String Quilt 2018

  

  Finished on June 24th in 2019 The Blue and Yellow color scheme is a favorite of mine these days. After an inventory purging and reorganization of my quilting scrapes I am ready to start. I have come up with a pattern and I think I can pull it off with Four different string blocks. I am…

  marcia mcdade

  March 8, 2018

  abstract, fiber, Hand work, landscape, mountain, quilting, rags, scraps

• Works displayed at Hillsborough Arts Council through Feb 8

  

  #Aviary

  marcia mcdade

  February 1, 2014

  abstract, collage, drawing, embellishment, fiber, Hand work, landscape, mountain, oil pastel, printing, quilting, scraps, Sewing

  art, handmade, oil, painting, pastel, quilts

• 9 Patch 2 Inch Squares

  

  I  have taken a break from this piece over the summer.  I am designing as I go. Today I went back to it and have started cutting some new 2 inch squares from my scraps. I am committed to creating scrappy quilts and I like to get as many different patterns of fabric as I can which makes for very…

  marcia mcdade

  September 17, 2013

  fiber, Hand work, quilting, scraps, Sewing

  9 patch, Crafts, Fabric, patchwork, Pattern, Quilt, Sew, Supplies