Linking up with Scraptastic Tuesday and Fabric Tuesday. On Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Heart-Speak
The mini quilt top I began piecing at QuiltCon with the Gee's Bend quilters was so very nearly done, that it didn't take long at all to bring it to fruition.
Small as it is - 14"x16" - there's a few things I really like about it. For one, the mix of fabrics - 1 of hubby's shirts (don't worry, I asked first!), some linen-blend and chambray, and then some modern scraps that certainly aren't representative of that used in an original Gee's Bend quilt. That little incompatibility gives me a sort of satisfaction somehow.
I like that little gold triangle - enough that making it the focus of my quilting design was an obvious choice. And I really really like what the quilting did for that blue shirt fabric. It gives a movement I really didn't anticipate, but love.
Remember in my QuiltCon Abbreviated post, when I mentioned the lack of direction in our class? Well from the wonky center square to that scrappy binding, I found that indeed, my heart directed each step, just like the quilters told me it would. Fancy that.
so very cool! I too love what the quilting did to that shirt fabric. stunning
ReplyDeletethis is such a fantastic mini, very fun.
ReplyDeleteI love it! It would look great super-sized too.
ReplyDeleteBasing the quilting off of the gold triangle was inspired. The quilting is fantastic and makes your piecing sing.
ReplyDeleteDo you think you will embrace the Gees Bend style and make a quilt? I'm glad your heart had the chance to say something - sometimes our heads take over too much. Thanks for linking up to #scraptastictuesday
ReplyDeleteThis is perfectly scrappy and improv too. I love the palette you chose and it is a nice finish to your class project.
ReplyDeleteLove it, love the name.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteI did a Gee's Bend quilt when I went to Houston many years ago from the amazing Roberta Horton, who had figured out how to direct us in making "utility quilts," channeling our inner Gee's Bend style. I had a similar experience as you (although under Roberta's skilled hand, probably way more directed than what you experienced) and made little quilt. I still love it, and actually use it when I head to class to teach "Everyday Use," a short story about quilts that I believe are probably these types of quilts. I think the Gee's Bend style of utility quilts can teach us a lot, as you wrote about today. Thanks for a great post!
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I love it!! The colors are wonderful!!
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