Map Quilts by Leah Evans
Label-Free posts about the work of textile artist Leah Evans, who creates hand-stitched, map-inspired quilts that encompass a variety of techniques, including reverse appliqué, needle felting, hand-dyeing and embroidery.
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Doodle-Inspired Baby Quilt
Craftster user LoopedyLoop created this fabulous baby quilt inspired by the book Doodle Stitching by Aimee Ray. The detail work on this piece is wonderful.
HOW TO – Paper Pieced Hexagon Flower Ornament
Lovestitches has a tutorial up for making these sweet soft paper pieced hexagon flower ornaments. I’m thinking they are cute enough to have up year-round.
Passage Quilts
Bits and Bobbins posts about these moving and extremely beautiful “passage quilts”, which are made from the clothing of those who have gone through a passage in life (death, birth, marriage, etc.). From the Passage Quilts website, these quilts: “[begin] with the architecture of the clothing, these quilts are pieced without a predetermined pattern. this […]
Free Quilt Pattern from Chickpea Sewing Studio
Chickpea Sewing Studio shares her free pattern for making this sweet, block-style baby quilt. All those little blocks make this pattern perfect for using up fabric scraps.
Wonky Log-Cabin Quilt
Craftstser user Jacquieg stitched up this gorgeous, improvisationally quilted “wonky log-cabin quilt“, inspired by the work of Denyse Schmidt. She did a great job, and I especially like the random diagonal topstitching.
Pacific International Quilt Festival
CRAFT friend and contributor, Dolin O’Shea of Lulu Bliss recently attended the Pacific International Quilt Festival and gave us some great coverage of the event showcasing some of the most amazing quilts. Pictured above is Finale of Fireworks by Etsuko Iitaka, Japan, 83″ by 78″ where antique kimono fabrics were used for the quilt.
