When Mr Stone House Quilter and I went to the big quilt festival in Chicago in 2007, we picked up quite a few different bits of African fabric. I also had some ordinary quilt fabric with African inspired designs which fitted in with it. When my sister Rose saw them she really liked them so I decided to make her a wall quilt for Christmas last year. It is a sort of design-as-you-go quilt. You know the kind - if a piece of fabric is too short, sew something else on the end of it; if a piece of fabric is too long, chop a bit off. Great fun! I pieced all sorts of wonky blocks into it as well as odd shaped strips of varying lengths and widths. The quilting was mostly just a freehand spiral.
Sorry about the blurry photos...
3 comments:
Fun quits, Cat! Missed you at the guild meeting- but I can see you have been busy quilting and meeting all sorts of African animals- lucky thing!!
Hi Cat, what a fantastic quilt - I lived in Zimb for many years and love African inspired quilts. I was part of your monthly challange and often think of you when I see the blocks - now book covers that I made. Hope you are well and not too cold Jill
I love your quilt. Rose is very lucky.
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