I have made traditional pieced block quilts off and on all my life - well, since I was seven anyway. But I haven't made many lately. Instead I have been doing Ruth B. McDowell's piecing technique, Sue Benner's fusing style, and my own combination of those and other things I have learned or "invented". So, my current work on a Little Houses quilt which originated with Karen Perin has been a bit of a struggle. Not using my skills for several years has made me lose some of them. And my ageing brain struggles with remembering or relearning. But I have enjoyed the Little Houses and the quilt top is finished except for one more outside border - once I can make a fabric choice!
I don't remember which was my last block quilt, but here is "Blue Goose" finished in December 1995. It is a 14.5" block with the sashing cut from a fabric design by Ruth B. McDowell. Basically it is a scrap quilt with yellows from my vast yellow fabric library, but I did have to buy some blues. Seems like it is not a color I use a lot.
"Blue Goose" Del Thomas 1995 56"W x 73.5"L
Commercial cotton prints, cotton batting and thread.
Machine pieced and quilted.
Quilted by Derek Lockwood, Chino, CA
I was really into fancy labels then. This one has two paper pieced blue geese. Notice the backing fabric. When the top was finished I was working in a quilt shop and went in one morning to unpack new fabric that had been delivered. The first bolt out of the package were these great blue angels on a yellow ground. It was made to be the back of this quilt.
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1 comment:
Fine piecing. I look back to pieced quilts and am reminded of the patience it took me to get through a bed sized quilt. Art quilts are much, much more fun and not so many corners!
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