I made this quilt in 2000, I signed up for the class, at my then LQS, City Quilter in Manhattan, I was going to be on my own in the city for a month and I thought this would be a useful diversion, it's one of the last full size quilts I made. It's bright, and uses a lot of 'In The Park' - I think - from Piece of Cake and some other spotty fabrics I'd been collecting, spots, stripes and LOUD...
The quilt measures 196cm by 222cm, (77 x 87 inches) machine pieced and machine quilted, warm and natural batting. Double french bias binding. The back is pieced. The quilt is a Jan Mullen design, though of course I took her instructions liberally! one day I plan to make a quilt where ALL the seams are inset. I think I made this entirely in a month, the quilt has never been exhibited, and is in near daily use, yes it has been slept under and lately gets used in the 'office' as it's quite draughty. It's one of the quilt's I'd take with me in a fire.
19 comments:
This is a beautiful quilt! I love it. Warm, inviting and it begs to be snuggled. Great work!
The quilt is so cute!
Hey, that's a pretty cool looking quilt. It reminds me of the abstract houses that a lot of quilters make. I like yours better.
I love this quilt because it's easy to make and not have to worry about matching seams....LOL....you did a great job!
Very unique and cheery. Thanks for sharing it.
I love the liberated churn dashes in such a variety of sizes. All those fabrics just add to the fun :-)
I know what you mean about that blog eating time - I try to keep it to 10 blogs or so every time I visit, but there are so many I've never seen before...
pretty quilt by the way :)
I love the quilt! Such pretty colors and interesting pattern!
I love your bright colors---looking at it makes me smile!
I enjoyed seeing your cheerful quilt--what a fun design--and reading through much of your blog. I like you "wordless Wednesdays."
My first round robin challenge was to use Jan Mullen designs and it was a lot of fun. I love her off centre style. Nice to see an Australian designer being used so far from home. Her studio in Perth is fabulous, I was lucky to visit it at the Southern Cross Quilters Retreat a few years back.
absolutely love the beautiful colors and patterns on this quilt.
This quilt makes me say What fun!
great job.
Beautiful quilt! (Love that quilt shop too!)
Liberated churn dashes - great! I love Jan Mullen's patterns.
Lovely quilt.
So fun! I love all the colors and random sized blocks - really interesting to look at :) Thanks for sharing.
Lovely bright quilt!
Random, liberated, wonky = a gorgeous, special, one-of-a-kind quilt. You said it all when you wrote this is what you'd grab if there was a fire. Your quilt is used and loved. Thanks for sharing it with us.
This one is so fun! bright and lovely!!!
thanks for sharing!
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