The Milwaukee Art Quilters

The Milwaukee Art Quilters (MArQ) make contemporary art quilts, pursue exhibit and competition opportunities, and support each other’s artistic growth.

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Going In Circles

Going In Circles: these quilts would be aimed at entry in the AQS Ultimate Guild Challenge at the 2024 AQS Grand Rapids Show. Size: 6″ x 36″, plus or minus 1”. Bear in mind that AQS minimum size is 30”.

These quilts are due at our March 2023 meeting.

Eleven Circles and a Noshi Sash — Maribeth Schmit
Circles — Linda Fleschner

Dragon Moons — Judy Zoelzer Levine
Ellipse Portrait — Kathy Downie
Hippocampus — Darcy Fox
Lake Maidens — Kathleen Irons Sweeney
Mixed Emotions: Romeo and Juliet — Judy Valentino
Moving Into Alinement — Kathleen Hughes
To Infinity…. — Judy Zoelzer Levine
Welcome to My Pi Tree — Nancy Linz
What Lies Beneath — Judy Valentino
Windmills — Linda Fleschner


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Forest Floor 2020

We decided to continue our annual challenge in hopes COVID would not derail this year’s round of shows.

  • Landscape format/horizontal orientation.
  • Height—31”, + or – one inch. Bear in mind that the AQS minimum is 30 inches.
  • Width–anywhere from 36 to 52 inches.
  • Create an interpretation of what you could find while walking through the forest. Embellishments or use of fibers is encouraged. Any techniques, any season.
“Forest Floor” — Diane Tennant
"Feathers", Linda Fleschner
“Feathers” — Linda Fleschner
“Forest Floor” —  Judy Valentino
“Life On the Forest Floor” — Linda Sweek
“Red Fern” — Linda Fleschner
“Lone Log” –Kathleen Irons Sweeney
“Roots and Leaves” — Maribeth Schmit
Tila Baumann
“Tiny Trees, Large Leaves” — Kathleen Hughes
“Wood Louse” — Linda Fleschner
“Wood Violet” — Linda Fleschner