Wednesday, June 18, 2014

2 Legit 2 Legit to Quilt

I am a self taught quilter. By any technical standard I am a bad quilter. My seams aren't straight, and things are a bit wonky.


I was inspired to quilt by Gee's Bend quilts that I saw in late 2003. I love the simple shapes and textures of the fabrics. When I discovered 100% cotton batting, I was enthralled. I enjoy the weight and drape of the quilt. I have been sleeping under one of my quilts for almost 7 years and it is the perfect weight for a Mississippi winter- just warm enough.


Here are a round up of old and new quilts
 Flying geese quilt. Inspired by a Gee's Bend quilt.


 Pieced top. I usually use solid colors and thrifted vintage fabric.

 Giant quilt that I made from my fabric stash. This piece was featured in my show at the Powerhouse in Oxford. The piece was 9' x 24'.
 Here are the fabric pieces in an installation. This was my room at the One Night Stand show at the Ole Miss motel in 2011. The room was wrapped in my giant quilt and the finished quilts were on the bed.

 This the Mille Fiore quilt that I did several years ago. I collect floral fabrics from thrift stores and sewed them into little squares. 





 This is a corner quilt that I did several years ago. I finished it for a show at the Canterbury School in Greensboro, NC.
 This is a quilt that took me years to finish. I chose all stripes for this one. It is about 60" square.

 Bind is a vintage quilt that I found in my grandmother's attic. It was falling apart. I cut into smaller pieces and rebound the quilt. I then had "bind" or "piece" machine embroidered into the fabric.
 Neon and Indigo. I dyed the blue triangles with indigo and pared them with a neon fabric. I then stretched it over a panel. The painting is on mylar and I attached to the panel with glue.


2 Legit....


Here are some to my other blog and quilting content...

http://www.louhaney.blogspot.com/2011/10/surprise-lilies.html
http://www.louhaney.blogspot.com/2010/09/anedoctal.html

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