A Borrowed Quilt

This pieced and incomplete quilt top is inspired by Japanese 'boro' textiles. These antique futon covers, bags, jackets and other garments would be considered rags by many Japanese because the pieces were so patched and worn. You can see examples as well as read the history at srithreads.com.

Quilted by Deb Kopeschny

Wax and Wane

This wall piece is not actually a quilt in the conventional sense. There is no layer of batting between the front and back. Instead there is a very thin layer of netting on the surface which holds the moons in place. All layers are held together with a simple zigzag stitch. This manner of making a 'quilt' is much faster, however it would not keep you warm. The photo shows only part of the quilt.

I love the background material, a very light weight batik probably from Africa. If anyone knows where I might purchase more please let me know.

The Nun's Quilt

I've been working on 'Nuns playing cards for prayers' and thought I would post picture of it. It is from a picture of a Quebec order of nuns doing exactly that, playing cards. The picture the quilt is based on, is full of colour and the nuns are in red, white and black habits. Beautiful and peaceful.
The quilt is not yet pieced together as you can see white between the squares of crosses. Some of the fabric has the original picture of the nuns playing cards reproduced on it through 'Spoonflower' a very interesting site for designing your own fabric. I'm waiting for some material printed with playing cards to include in some new squares. Each square is about 3 1\2 " square. I will probably get a picture of the nuns reproduced again through Spoonflower to put on the back of the quilt.

City Flag

I've always been fascinated with african textiles. The flags made by the Fante Asafo are often very well designed and tell stories and messages.

This quilt was made in different pieces over a number of years. The upper left corner is represent the downtown section of a city with the large 'monster' homes surrounding it on the left side and top. The rest of the quilt shows highways cutting through red suburbs and the green of the country side.

The fabric is commercial cotton and the layers with batting are tied together.

Men's Work

'Men's Work' combines old ties, suit-like japanese fabric, denim and shell buttons, as well as batting. The layers are hand quilted.

I made this as the complement to 'Women's Work', a quilt about the work undertaken by women in an african village in the 70's.

This quilt relates to fabric and colours that men would be wearing to work in north america. I like the darkness of the quilt as it reminds me of conservative quilts made by the amish or mennonites.

The Colour of Dust

This quilt was inspired by a science story. Scientists are studying the colours of interplanetary dust. From this analysis they can tell the composition of the planets. I doubt however the colours of the dust are quite as bright as the colours in this quilt.

This work also reflects a very old quilt design called 'Chinese coins'.

Japanese cotton, commercial cottons and batting have been used to create this quilt. It is tied rather than quilted. The size is 38" x 53".