Simply Santa Fe Quilt

Living in the

Southwest region of the United States

I'm often drawn to quilts

that represent our culture.

 Simply Santa Fe

by Cindy Seitz-Krug of Bakersfield, California

shown at IQF Long Beach

is a stunning representation

of of the rich colors and designs

of our area.

 All within this one quilt,

Cindy used many of the techniques available to quilters:

Machine pieced, hand appliqued,

trapuntoed by machine,

and 

machine quilted. 

 Design Source:

Lone Star, LeMoyne Stars,

Sawtooth Borders, Ribbon Borders.

She wrote:

"This quilt was made entirely from Cherrywood 

Hand-Dyed fabrics.  

I love to use them because of their rich beauty and 

the fact that my quilting shows up 

so well on them.

  This pattern is my original design, 

as are my quilting motifs.

However, I learned many of the background 

quilting techniques from

Diane Gaudynski and Sharon Schamber."

 I loved her scrappy 

and yet simple

Half Square Triangles 

that trim the border

and allow the eye to travel inward

for the main focus.

Cindy even stenciled motifs on the back!

wow