This month the Island Batik Challenge was "Vintage Reimagined". When you hear that, what do you think of? For me it was this quilt--
This picture was in this book--
I've long admired this quilt and vowed that "someday" I would recreate it.
There is nothing more vintage than scrappy 9 patches! My quilt finishes at 44x51". Its quilted with the Jody Beamish pantograph called Clematis--lovely frilly flowers paired with a light yellow thread. Tiny blocks look best with solid or tiny print fabrics, Island Batiks were a perfect choice. The props in this picture are my Island Batik scarf, spools of Aurifil thread, and a very necessary quilting tool---Chocolate Easter Eggs in a wine glass! A dark background would have set off the quilt better but I didn't have one. I will watch for a dark solid sheet at thrift stores.
~Lori1R in South Dakota~
PS--Island Batik gave me these fabrics to play with.
Oh, Lori, that's stunning!
ReplyDeletevery nice and pretty...can't go wrong with batiks...
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful quilt, Lori. Great job!
ReplyDeleteYou're making a vintage vintage design -- call it Vintage Squared -- because Marti Michell's books are just about old enough to be "vintage." I got her first Quilting for People Who Don't Have Time to Quilt books in the early 1990's. They were later combined into a larger volume.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely interpretation of the old block/quilt. IT looks so much more updated in the batiks.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Great job on re-creating the quilt from the book!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if the dark background would have been better or not. The original was light, and I like your light, so I'm going to think it is perfect as it is!
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