Quilt Construction 01-02-09

These two quilts were in the exhibit "My World in Black and White" which was organized by Anne Copeland in 2003. I helped her with some things and designed the way the quilts were hung at the Ontario Museum - the first venue.

"Black and White and Red all Over" Gail Heath

I was fascinated by the construction and wrote to Gail Heath the quilt maker who lives in Australia. This Drunkard's Path version started with a set of black squares with a white circle sewn in the middle of each, plus a set of white squares with a black circle sewn in the middle of each. All of the squares were sandwiched with lovely English prints on the back and then quilted with circles.

Then Gail cut the squares in quarters and arranged them as you see in the first photo. The edges were abutted andthe blocks sewn together with back and forth free motion stitching over each join. Look at the back and see that each backing fabric is seen four times - the quarter cuts Gail made.

Here is another quilt made with the same construction method, only this time Gail cut each square diagonally only once.

So, on the back there are only two triangles of each backing fabric - again those lovely English prints.

I cannot give you the name of this quilt because I cannot find the file I kept for "My World in Black and White". That is what happens when one starts to rearrange their house, nothing is where it where it used to be and sometimes it takes a while to memorize the new location!