Friday, December 25, 2009

quilt for no. 1

A School For My Mermaid, 2009, 45" x 69"
COLLECTION OF ELIZABETH STONE


For Christmas, Liz received an oversized lap quilt from me. The fish fabric is vintage, probably from Scandanavia. The modern polka dots are from Maurine Noble. Connecting the two is a wavy strip of hand-dyed fabric, made with three 70" pattern pieces—one for the red stripe and ones for either sides.

Hand stitching encircles each fish while the side border is machine stiched-in-the-ditch. Cozy navy flannel backs the quilt.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

what a beautiful quilt. you truly are a master of your trade!

Naomi Cox said...

Lovely! What a perfect gift!

Chloe's mom said...

Gorgeous! Wonderful fit for Liz!