“Convex Illusions,” an optical illusion quilt with traditional blocks, applique, hand embroidery and machine quilting, by Lynnie Siefferman, is now on display at the R.H. Johnson Library.

While Siefferman had purchased the “Convex Illusions” pattern (by K. Andrews) many years ago, it wasn’t until her travels included a trip to the Missouri Star Quilt Company that she finally settled on a sunset color theme.

She said it was, “deceptively simple to put together with strip piecing, but it took a long time to cut out the different sized strips of each color. They had to always be in the correct order. Luckily most of the sewing was from the back so it didn’t make me dizzy.”

Siefferman also quilted it on her domestic sewing machine using different color threads. Inspired by her grandma and a weekly sewing group at their church when she was four or five, she has been sewing “most of [her] life and quilting for around 20 years.”

Excited by the 2018 Palo Verde Patchers Quilt Show, Siefferman joined the club as soon as she moved to Sun City West. She has been the vice president of classes for PVP for the past two years. The quilt will go to her best friend’s son.

“When I make a gift for someone, I always think about them while I’m sewing, and it makes me enjoy the process even more,” she said.

Visit patchers.scwclubs.com for more information about the club, which is open at the Kuentz Rec Center Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (8 p.m. on Tuesday) and Saturday, from 8 a.m. to noon. Visitors are welcome.