A trip to the lake for a visit with Jane always generates lots of ideas and gives me a chance to get caught up on some of her creative ventures. This time I got to see her new basket quilt coming together and help provide a little art direction too.
Lovely pastel plaids from men's shirts that are decades old combined with beautiful blue florals create a soft and charming bundle of 8" baskets with a genuine vintage feel.
She's also incorporating remnants from a quilt that she made several years ago. It's like that yellow and blue HST picot border was made with this quilt in mind. Her next decision is what to do at the corners.
My visit reminded me that I have photos of several of her recently finished projects still sitting on my phone, so let's get caught up a little, shall we? Back in July, I shared the flimsy of
her colourwash, which is now quilted and enjoying pride of place tossed over one of her living room chairs.
The colours are so vibrant and the circular panto (whose name I forget) is ideal against the structure of all of those tiny boxes.
It has SO much texture!
And she wasn't shy when it came to picking her backing either. It's bound with the same fabric.
Such a beautiful example of why we hang on to those tiny scraps - a little bit goes a long way....M
Thanks for featuring my quilts Marie. The panto on Colourwash is called Crop Circles.
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