Rory's Bunny Garden
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Joanne M. Pickett Speaks with Michelle Renee Hiatt about "Rory's Bunny Garden," Winner of the Third Place Award in the Large Quilts - Movable Machine Quilted Category at AQS QuiltWeek - Paducah 2025
Joanne M. Pickett talks about her quilt, "Rory's Bunny Garden", with AQS Executive Show Director Michelle Renee Hiatt. Joanne's quilt was awarded Third Place in the Large Quilts - Movable Machine Quilted category sponsored by INNOVA at AQS QuiltWeek - Paducah 2025.
Quilt Summary:
"Rory's Bunny Garden" by Joanne M. Pickett won Third Place-Large Quilts: Movable Machine Quilted at Paducah 2025.
- - Hand Applique
- - Prairie Points
- - Piecing
- - Binding
- Quilting
- - Computer Aided
- - Free Motion Quilting
- - Longarm
- - Quilting Ruler Work
Description:
Artist Statement: "Rory's Bunny Garden is a tribute to my granddaughter Emory (Rory) Slone Pickett. She selected this beautiful pattern from Cotton Berry Quilts and the color scheme. I made two changes to the pattern; the pieced checkered border and the scalloped border that I saw in American Quilter's Magazine September 2020 issue, the article is titled "Not Your Gramma's Prairie Points"."
Quilting Method: Movable Machine
Quilting Technique: Appliqué (Hand), Binding Technique (Prairie Points), Piecing (Machine), Quilting (Computer-Assisted), Quilting (Free-Motion), Quilting (Ruler Work)
Design Source: Tulips for Oma pattern by Christa Smith, Cotton Berry Quilts, 2020