In the House

remembered quilting can just be hodgepodge appliqué so i went and dug around in my scraps and i’m doing some collage, basically

Portiere

Betty Busby, "Diatom Parade" (2022), quilt [52 in x 68 in]

QUILT

The Mice at Work, Threading the Needle painted by Beatrix Potter (1866 - 1943)

(The shams are modern and made of quilter's cotton.)

My grandmother's eldest sister sewed casket linings. The casket company used high quality satin. She and the other seamstresses were allowed to keep the remnants. She would make Christening and night gowns with the larger remnants of similar color and "small clothes" for herself and her daughters from the smaller pieces. When I inherited my grandmother's hope chest, there were several pieces from Great Aunt Mary's stash in the bottom. Nana had sewn the scraps together and wrapped her wool items in the satin to protect them from the cedar lining of the chest. Even the leftovers from the leftovers were put to good use.

“Landscape with Yellow Birds” (1923) ☀ Paul Klee

I think i accidentally purled a row here but im liking how the stitches fit together and think I'm ready to go all in and cut all my fabric!

I'm starting the think the fabric i had picked out isn't high contrast enough (the way my practice ones were) but now i have to wait until after the holiday to go to the stores and find something better 🥺

The green and purple one will now be my practice lol

My quilting stitches are so wonky 😭

They're done! Still debating whether I want to start over again so I can get those quilt stitches even 🤔

Found Cherry by Stuart Dunkel (*1952)