Wednesday, July 27, 2011

I can look at this for a LONG time


I've made a good dent in cleaning things out of our house. Now I've moved to the basement where many quilts are stored. I am finding ones I have not show you yet. Here's one.

Where block corners meet
Isn't it spectacular? It's a scrappy crazy quilt, made primarily of silks, with lovely embroidery of many colors around every piece. And ornamental stitching on a few of the blocks - especially where corners meet.

The pieces really are small - larger pieces measure only 5" x 3". I think you can see the quilt was assembled in blocks - they measure 10" - 11" square. The entire quilt measures 62" x 62". I do think the current back (a quilted synthetic fabric) was added later. The edges of it come forward to make the binding, roughly stitched in place using a feather stitch. It is tacked to the new backing through all the pieces in just a few spots.

Some of the wool is shattered, leaving only the stitching at the edges. And notice how the use of black gives the quilt some nice drama and depth. Wich I knew the story on this one.

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12 comments:

  1. Pinkadot QuiltsJuly 27, 2011 at 6:29 AM

    Me too! Lovely!!!

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  2. Nifty QuiltsJuly 27, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    A real treasure. The black really makes it. What are those sperm-looking things?

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  3. Taos SunflowerJuly 27, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    I love this quilt, and can imagine all the happy hours spent doing the embroidery. What a treasure.

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  4. Deb RowdenJuly 27, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    what ARE those sperm-like things? We thought that too, i just didn't want to write it in the post!

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  5. AnonymousJuly 28, 2011 at 2:07 AM

    Thank you for share Deb. Like you i would spend hours looking this fabulous quilt!Learning!

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  6. nancyc20July 28, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    Those are the thrown tennis racquets from Tim's Thursday Tantrum below.

    Maybe a symbol of a river?

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  7. nancyc20July 31, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    Been thinkng about this. One of the semi current quilt magazines has an article on 'snake quilts'...wonder if that's somehing like a copperhead...

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  8. Rosalyn ManesseAugust 7, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    Fabulous embroidery

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  9. usbAugust 8, 2011 at 12:37 AM

    You will always be entranced by the variety of fabrics. I am thinking of making one in this weekend. but I don't seem to have so many interesting fabrics in my stash or dozens of friends to send me fabric.

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  10. online counselingAugust 29, 2011 at 2:20 AM

    Well, Added each and every types of colours and different shapes of art you included in your blog. These quilt work is totally eye catching and different from the others work.

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  11. descuento ropaNovember 17, 2011 at 5:13 AM

    I have subscribed to your rss feed which should do the trick. These all things are great to know about it. I will jump on this idea soon, happy to see that there are no any fabric is in dustbin.

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  12. zeelhellMarch 23, 2012 at 5:08 AM

    Nice color combinations art are show in the fabrics designs.It look so beautiful and extra ordinary creations crafting.It look so beautiful with bright color combinations.

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