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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

don't quit! QUILT!

After threatening for (gulp) a year, I have finally put the edge on the last of three quilts from my thesis project. Nothing quite like the soft, warm, and quilted comfort of closure...

This is a Gee's-Bend-inspired block quilt made from all second hand fabric: clothing, bed sheets, cloth napkins, etc.

(and yes. my next project, if you must know, is to make that giant american flag you see into a quilt.)


















Feels good to replace my too-hot winter comforter with a light, summery, homemade quilt!


















What a sweet little house embroidered by someone at last spring's quilting bee!























...and a few screen-printed bones thrown into the mix - after all, this was my printmaking thesis project, eeek...
























Gee's Bend:
Listen: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=970364
Look: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.fiberarts.com/img/03-2-r204.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.fiberarts.com/article_archive/reviews/group/quiltsofgeesbend.asp&usg=__Uy4vWrtVNjvkWPB41Fhn0HqVB2o=&h=455&w=360&sz=36&hl=en&start=2&sig2=GTS7kagUOw3-c0P5o247w&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=dnbGWszx4B6dwM:&tbnh=128&tbnw=101&prev=/images%3Fq%3DGee%2527s%2BBend%2Bquilts%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=3brpS7PYPMG78gbL_JXgDg

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