Ab Intra by Katie R

 

Created by Katie Rutz for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

Ab Intra by Judy V

 I love Marcia Derse fabric for both her color and use of line. I also have wanted to make a pattern like this for some time and it all came together for this quilt. 

I tried to use some of the arcs in my quilting. 42x52.

Created by Judy Valentino for Project QUILTING 12.6 - Ab Intra.

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WOMAN by Zoe

6”x6” trivet

Entry name:

Ab Intra WOMAN

Wacky

Orderly

Messy

And

Non-conformist 

Made by Zoe for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

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Unzipped by Carol S

 I call it “Unzipped”.  It’s 12”x 14”.

Thank you for this wonderful season of quilt challenges.  They have been great fun.  This year in particular. I think, I appreciated the extra sparks to ignite my creativity.

Carol Sarafconn

Created for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

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Ab Intra

 

Created by AllisonBen Eyring-Green for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

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Meaningful by Carolyn

 For this challenge, I used fabric that I purchased right after I found out I was pregnant at 39 1/2 years old; I always wanted to be a mom. Each fabric has a special meaning to me.

Owls - represent The Who, Pearl Jam, and music

Apples - for gardening and making healthful food choices

Moon - for my connection to the moon cycles and something greater than us

Feathers - my whimsical, creative spirit 

Library Card - my love of learning, reading, and frequenting the local library

Brooch - belonged to my grandmother - we named our daughter after her

Thank you again for organizing all these challenges,

Carolyn 

Created for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge

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Run Free by Sonya E

 Spring is finally here.  Run free.

Created by Sonya Elliott for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

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Picture That by Amanda R

 Amanda Reid

South Africa

Ab Intra PQ12. 6

Picture That!

17"x18"

This was a piece of fabric of brick wall.. A blank canvas.... suits me to a T!!!... I love a blank 'wall' just to titivate up!.. Add some flowers.. A birdhouse ect and the rest would be bonus.. like birds and butterflies!!!

The flowers I added were painted then machine appliquéd. The rest was also machine appliquéd. This was great fun and I think will hang it on a... blank wall!!!! 

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Zodiac Crab In Me by Diana B

 This 12” x 12” is called Zodiac Crab in Me.

Created by Diana Bracy for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

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My Gift by Liz M

 PQ12.6 AB INTRA - From Within

My Gift - A Journal Cover
Liz Mandelkow
Buhl Idaho

I enjoy gifting the things I create. My friend so enjoyed a journal cover that I made for the previous challenge that I decided I needed to make another.

I made this with leftover fabric scraps vintage linens that I found at a thrift store.

This is the front of the journal.

This is the back.

This is the inside flaps and the notebook that I put inside.

This makes me happy. From my hands and heart, a gift for a dear friend.

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Mountain by Robyn Wimmer

That's me, rising above the mountain of family treasures and junk we dumped after closing on our Fargo condo last fall just before driving to Madison for the winter. There’s a lot to go through but I know I can and will do it, beginning this week. I believe my 'inner self' is someone who makes a plan and carries it out. I get things done. 

This last challenge is a combination of appliqué, quilting and simple hand embroidery; I even remembered to make the hanging sleeve!

SPOILER ALERT: my hair isn't really dark brown but I didn't think silver would work here.

Created by Robyn Wimmer for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

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Ab Intra by Lisa R

 This week's challenge was a gift.  I pondered, looked at fabrics I've been moved to purchase lately without a specific project in mind, thought about my pre-retirement and post-retirement time, and considered the gifts of #covidtime for #covidcreations.  Somehow, it turned in to this project, for which I am now grateful. 

I still am represented by the black/white/red side as my linear/sequential, mathematical, organized efficient, focused, boxed in, enneagram 1 self. 

However, by reconnecting with my full self through nature, family, growth, music, personal reflection, journaling and sewing, I am also represented by the colorful open-ended side.  I also was able to realize the important role sewing has played throughout my life - represented by the bubblish pieces from my wedding dress, daughter's first birthday outfit, son's nursery fabric, fabric used to sew for breast cancer patients, projects for the grandkids, a baby quilt for a former employee's new little one, costumes for High School musicals, and more.

Created by Lisa Rawlings for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

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Balanced Life by Bryan

 Title: balanced life

Looking over the past couple years, a large part has been a journey to find balance.  I thought this Tree of life within yin/yang symbol captures that thought. 

Description: 9 inch free motion embroidered with rayon threads and black binding.

Created by Bryan for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

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Mixed Messages by Sharon S

 This is my first challenge of the season but when it was announced I immediately knew that I wanted to participate.  A friend and I had just had a discussion about the messages that society gave us as we are of an age that our career choices were pretty limited to housewife, secretary, teacher and nurse.  We were never really exposed to options so that we might have had bigger dreams. So for me the making of a messenger bag was a great symbol for this.

And during the construction as I thought more about the “messages” concept I started to find examples from within me of deep concerns about the mixed messages that we have been receiving from political and religious leaders that are tending to create divisions within family, friendship groups, communities and between various other groups of people.
Sharon Scott

Created for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

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Friendship Star Tote bag by Joanne M

The week's Project Quilting challenge was Ab Intra (from within). What came to mind was friends and quilting which both bring out the joy in me. 

I decided to make a Friendship Star tote bag from quilt themed fabric.

Created by Joanne Mittelmeyer for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

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"Ab Embell-layers" by Joan C

 "Ab Embell-layers"

Reverse applique; painted, stamped, foiled; beading & hand embroidery; are my go to quilting & surface design techniques. 

See detail photo.

Created by Joan Carver for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

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A Slice of Lime by Kerstin Z

 A slice of lime

 From inside - while cutting cucumber for a salad I got the idea: the profile of some fruit or vegetable. The fruit I liked most was a lime - also because I had the right scraps of fabric.

Now with a size of 11x11 inch it is more a mat than a coaster and definitely too big for a pot holder - which was my original intention for a useable result.

Created by Kerstin Zinner (Dresden, Germany) for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

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Create by Deb M

 Here is my quilt for 12.6. 

Created by Deb McDonald for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

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what's going on in my gray head?

Seems lately my mind goes in a million different directions. 

Size. 5 x 15

Created by drclontz for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

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Adventure by Beth F

 My inner self loves adventure, so my life’s wandering path has taken my many places.

 

Beth Freeman

Urbandale, IA

Created for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge

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Up North Quilt by Donna A

Well, I did it, just got done, great feeling.
This was difficult, just the decision more than anything.

But I truly love a trip to the woods and I had this new pattern, which I love a new pattern, by pen and paper patterns called "Up North Quilt".  

So got busy and here it is, thanks so much for all the great challenges, Donna

Created for the Project QUILTING Ab Intra Challenge.

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Butterfly by Nancy H

Project Quilting Challenge 12.6 ~ Ab Intra ~ From Within

This week’s challenge is Latin for “From Within”. I thought about the butterfly merging from within the chrysalis. I embroidered a butterfly and created a chrysalis by embroidering one wing and covering it with black and silver tulle. The last picture shows all 6 of my PQ12 challenge placemats!

My quilt is 18”x12”. #ProjectQuilting #pqSeason12

This was created for an online challenge called Project Quilting. You get a week to complete a whole quilt based on a theme. Prizes will be given out by random drawing. Each week is a different theme.

Here is the link to see all the entries: https://kimlapacek.com/2021/03/12-6-abintra-challenge-6-of-project-quilting-season-12.html

I decided to make all 6 PQ challenges 18”x12” this year so I’ll have a set of placemats when I’m done. I’m putting a different purple batik on the back of each of them so they are reversible. I’m using a different fancy stitch for each to attach the binding. For the label, I’m writing on the back on the binding.

by Nancy Horwath

Here are all six placemats made for Season 12.