This quilt became part of the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection in 2011, but I haven't featured it on my blog previously. I don't know why not. But I have been going through the list and finding any number of quilts that I haven't blogged about.
Gilia is a tiny flower that Ruth has greatly enlarged to make this quilt. I love the myriad of light colored fabrics she has used in the background, representing, perhaps, all of the low undergrowth and debris on the forest floor. It is a restful quilt which I hang when the more strident quilts overwhelm me.
"Gilia" Ruth B. McDowell - Colrain, MA 2011 22.5"W x 38.5"L
Machine Pieced, Hand embellishment, Machine quilted.
Stacks of little circles of fabric sewn through middle and attached.
Background in upper left corner.
Close-up of top flower.
Label with the important information included.
Back of quilt is a drapery weight fabric which helps quilt lay flat on wall.
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1 comment:
thank you for posting Ruth's quilt. i admire her work muchly!
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