Crazy Quilt-ish thing
August 8th, 2011 09:44 pmThe quilt-oid thing I have been working on very lackadaisically for ages:

And the quilt-oid thing with a cat in the middle of it, as it should be:

...and Monkey demanded one more picture.

I'm not sure how much you can tell about how it's built from the photos. Instead of being pieced edge to edge, each patch is hand-sewn onto a muslin backing. The muslin is cut in triangles so that the final thing will make a stained-glass-ish diamond shape. It's also cotton, not traditional crazy quilt fancy fabric.
It's a shockingly bright rainbow because I live in the pacific northwest, and in the depths of winter we seriously need a color infusion.

And the quilt-oid thing with a cat in the middle of it, as it should be:

...and Monkey demanded one more picture.

I'm not sure how much you can tell about how it's built from the photos. Instead of being pieced edge to edge, each patch is hand-sewn onto a muslin backing. The muslin is cut in triangles so that the final thing will make a stained-glass-ish diamond shape. It's also cotton, not traditional crazy quilt fancy fabric.
It's a shockingly bright rainbow because I live in the pacific northwest, and in the depths of winter we seriously need a color infusion.