As mentioned elsewhere on this
blog, I have met with a lot of difficulty photographing my quilts. This one was a real
challenge. A black and white reproduction Toile de Jouy framed with black
material, all in cotton.
The print is a pastoral one, with
sheep, which makes me think of spring. I love whole cloth quilts and I enjoy
the meditative exercise of hand quilting, even a simple design such as the one
on this quilt, my favourite -
squares on point.
This quilt measures 48” wide by
54” long. The printed section is
40 ½” wide x 46” long. The larger images are approximately 8” tall and 6” wide.
Strictly speaking, this quilt is
not quite a reproduction one as the black border and backing material has a
very subtle black and white pointillist pattern of leaves and vines on it.
3 comments:
Hi there!
I love your quilt! I also like the French pastoral scenes, but I haven't found any fabric to make one that is not upholstery weight. What weight did you use?
Glad you like the quilt.
The fabric is an American cotton quilting one. I bought it over ten years ago.
The Dutch company, Den Haan & Wagenmakers, B.V. have also carried toile prints over the years (http://www.dutchquilts.net/shop/home.php) Its fabric is slightly denser than American quilting cotton but completely comfortable to work with by hand or machine. I have used its fabric for a lot of hand work and I barely notice the difference.
I will have more toile quilts on the blog later in the year.
the pattern very much reminds me of some we had at our family home when i was a kid, only that one was in shades of green. It's probably a popular theme, although I haven't seen it again since. thanks for sharing
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