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Mini Quilts
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This photo was taken in September of 1995. The ruler gives you an idea of the size. The stars are cut from a star-print fabric, and the squares from a checkerboard. This is technically known as 'cheating'. |
Photo taken the same day as the first quilt. I hadn't put the binding
on it yet- the white line on the edge is batting. This was another example
of 'cheating'. I had three scraps left over from mom making a small quilt
using fabric pre-printed with squares made to look like pieced quiltwork.
I cut the scraps and assembled them offset from the original print, thus creating
a more interesting design. |
I took the rest of the pics November 14, 2003, but they were probably all
made around 1995. This is made from a scrap of fabric pre-printed to look
as if it's patchwork, then I put a border around it and heavily quilted around
all the little paisleys. I always loved paisley. One of my aunts calls them
'enzymes'. It reminded me of a flying carpet when it was done, so I put gold
tassels on the end. It's about 22 inches on the longest side. |
This quilt was made by cutting apart a knit fabric printed with an assortment
of floral paisleys and matching 8 identical diamond-shaped motifs for each
kaleidoscopic square, then setting them using the border print to fill in.
This is not recommended for anyone who isn't absurdly obsessive- the knit
stretched every which way & with such tiny pieces a 16th of an inch error
meant ripping out and redoing.It's about 18 inches long on the widest side. |
Some days I'd just get the urge to sew scraps together at random. Quite often
they wind up pillowcases for pussycats or sewing machine covers or the like,
but this exercise in Zen-sewing resulted in something that was visually pleasing
to me. I think of it as an 'I-Ching' quilt.As you can see from the ruler, it's 12 inches square. |
This photo shows the detail of the second quilt a bit better. The solid-color
borders are reminscent of the Amish style of quilting, but that's about all
that falls into any particular category. It looks very cheerful on a doll's
bed. |