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Diana Forman
 
Diana made this intricate and spectacular
pieced star quilt for her daughter’s bat mitzvah. The quilt features
12 six-pointed stars on the front, representing her daughter's
first 12 years. The quilt is based on a pattern in Judy Martin's
'The Creative Pattern Book,' p. 104.
On the back is one more six-pointed star, for the 13th
year, with photo-transferred pictures, notes and drawings from
family members. Diana is at
dforman@comcast.net.
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Elizabeth Janowitz
Elizabeth Janowitz of Pinecrest, Florida, sent me many images of
her Judaica.
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about 45" square. This features a Judaic-themed fabric scattered with
old-fashioned etchings of the major holidays---all different
shapes and sizes! Very tough to cut and unify, but Elizabeth did it
gracefully, with these intricately pieced bear’s paws blocks. Those
varied blues, alternating with white, create a wonderful
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You could take a class on Jewish meditation, or you could just
look at this quilt for hours…days….years. Elizabeth calls it
Peaceful Shabbat’ (44”x50”). The central star is from a pattern
by Sara Nephew (See Resources:
Potentially Jewish Quilt Books ), and Elizabeth designed the
appliqués. |
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| Next, her sublime "Star of David", about 32” wide, is based on
a paper-foundation pieced design published in Quilters Newsletter
Magazine a couple of years ago (the pattern can be found on their
website by entering "Rachel's
Star" in the search box at
www.quiltersnewsletter.com/qnm/feature20.htm.
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‘Turkish Star of David,’ 35”x35” is Elizabeth’s design, inspired
by an antique needlepoint.. It is machine appliquéd , pieced and
quilted. |
Reach Elizabeth at
ejanowitz@bellsouth.net.
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