whip up mini quilts
April 29th, 2010
I have to take a break from the kids clothes week programming to show you these quilts. I made these a loooong time back when Kathreen from whip up asked me if I’d contribute to an art quilt book she was putting together. Of course I said yes, even though the last quilt I made was almost 3 years go. Well, now the book is out and April has been quilt month over at whip up to celebrate. I haven’t actually seen the real book yet, but I’ve seen all the projects inside and not only are they beautiful, they are made by some of my favorite people too.
I think I heard “art” more than “quilt” when she first asked me and so I made a quilt specifically to hang on the wall (I was thinking more in a frame than with tape at the time, but whatever). I wanted a modern landscape and thought powerlines crisscrossing the sky would make a nice patchwork. I could have made (and you can, if you make it!) the fabrics look like the actual horizon, but I went all arty and actually really like how it came out. The piecing of the little quilt does take some time and I didn’t want people to be put off by that, so I made another quilt with the same design only without any patchwork–a whole cloth quilt.
My favorite part of these quilts is the piped binding. I like how it frames the quilt and is just barely there. I know it’s a little hokey, but I also like how the binding is a little like a wire. These quilts have been gone for a long time and it’s nice to have them home again. I was just sitting back that whole time while Kathreen was working her patootie off. She did an amazing amount of work to put this beautiful book together and now I should get my butt to a book store to see it for real.
those are some really beautiful little quilts! love them.
I was perusing the sewing and quilting at Barnes and Noble last night and actually had this book in my hands for a while! Now I kid of regret not snatching it up.
I love your pieces- they’re beautiful.
those are amazing!
I also looked at the book (but didn’t buy it, though I will when I’m not on a student budget!), anyway, this picture of your quilts was one of my favorites! Great work!
Oh wow. Those are so beautiful. Congrats!
meg, these are stunning!
I love those so much that I hardly know what to say. Wow.
I love these so much. The detail, the colour palette, the pair of them side by side, the piping border – all amazing!
Well done and thanks for sharing
xo
I am in love with the whole cloth version – just beautiful.
very cool. love the colors in those two quilts.
I love these! I am totally inspired!
meg, these are amazing. a-maz-ing!
Those are so beautiful! I feel like I need to step up my quilting skills now.
Simply gorgeous!
These are so beautiful. You did an amazing job!
Simply lovely!
I flipped through the book the other day when I was not supposed to be cruising the bookstore. Saw those ones and wondered who was so talented but had to leave in a hurry and didn’t get to check.
Now I HAVE to buy it. Beautiful work!
so great. I love the colors all mixed into the sky.
love them! I really need to go check out that book now! I love how the whole cloth one, with the tiny binding is so simple, but perfect.
Your mini quilts are beautiful. I love how the stitches are like drawn lines in combination with the patches. Beautilful!
very artistic quilts, love them!
I love the looks of these mini quilts. They are so simple but yet so chic :)
I have to declare that yours are my favourite in the book. They work so beautifully together, like a negative and its print. I just got mine returned in the post yesterday and it feels almost like someone else made it, “did I do that?”
I’m enjoying your kids clothes from afar.
x*x
wow – both are stunning. simply stunning.
Fantastic! I love them both, I think they look great as a pair. I’ve seen the book twice now & flipped through it, it’s definitely on my short list of books to get. I really love the quilts she chose. And yours are stunning!