Gee's Bend Rooftop....quilted by Charisma
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G sent me this quilt from the Jersey shore for LAQ>
The note enclosed says "It is meant to be irregular and scrappy with not so straight seems. The history of the pattern is from women slaves of a cotton plantation in Alabama. They make quilts from old clothes. My quilt is reminiscent of blue jeans, coveralls and T-shirts. " I also believe in our correspondence she told me this is a rooftop and the red square represents the chimney.
So in the red the quilting represents bricks...we had discussed just a wavy crosshatch sort of a grid to represent roof tiles or shingles....it wasn't looking right...This design I think represents the shingles...and matches the quilts piecing....they are like intertwined tiles...Very interesting quilt.
I quilted this freehand on my INNOVA. I used cotton batting.
Thanks for looking!
The note enclosed says "It is meant to be irregular and scrappy with not so straight seems. The history of the pattern is from women slaves of a cotton plantation in Alabama. They make quilts from old clothes. My quilt is reminiscent of blue jeans, coveralls and T-shirts. " I also believe in our correspondence she told me this is a rooftop and the red square represents the chimney.
So in the red the quilting represents bricks...we had discussed just a wavy crosshatch sort of a grid to represent roof tiles or shingles....it wasn't looking right...This design I think represents the shingles...and matches the quilts piecing....they are like intertwined tiles...Very interesting quilt.
I quilted this freehand on my INNOVA. I used cotton batting.
Thanks for looking!
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Originally Posted by debcavan
Very different, love the chimney. I would tend to reproduce them but do straight straight lines. Oh the quilt police have done a number on me.
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Originally Posted by charismah
Originally Posted by debcavan
Very different, love the chimney. I would tend to reproduce them but do straight straight lines. Oh the quilt police have done a number on me.
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