mini-quilt updates
April 19, 2008 by karinrebekah
About a month ago, before I started class again I made this little quilt:
I was feeling very anxious about starting again and it helped me to be able to say it in this little piece. I never photographed it because I immediately brought it into my office. And it’s funny because now it has come to mean something else- the reminder that tomorrow will be a new day and a chance to start again.
The white fabric is vintage wool that someone gave me, as well as the ticking, and the binding is natural linen.
This is the mini-quilt from last week:
side A
In addition to my exploration of the back and front connection, I am now adding “the stuffing”. This piece is the first try thinking about the filling of the quilt. The outside is filled with an old blanket scrap, solid and filled, to contrast with the transparency of the organza and then the open space.
side B, detail
side B, stitchings across the open space
The piece changes a lot when the light passes through it and it is placed in a more interesting place than the back of my door.
side B, in the window
Notice how the tree out the window fits into the space and becomes like another piece of the yellow linen.
As I continue to explore different “stuffing” possibilities I will post them here. Today I made a little quilt filled with plastic bags and lentils. Good times! My goal is to have 10 samples by my mid-term critique, in a little more than a week.
oooh, this one is beautiful! So delicate yet bold. I love the contrasting spaces.
If I had a laptop, I would for sure buy one of your cozy quilts for it.
I am also impressed with your hand embroidery lettering. On the ‘tomorrow’ quilt it is nice how the worn looking striped strip makes me think of a filled-up and used day, ready to begin fresh again.