67 X 51”                                                                 Purchased and hand dyed fabric

 $1000

This wall hanging quilt is an exploration of color and shape. The intent is to evoke the music of several instruments playing together; some of them bold and loud, others much more delicate. I have used two traditional American quilt patterns, both of a different scale. I have used a smaller, rectangular area within a larger one. I was intrigued by an antique quilt where the maker had, by design or accident, made a small, more decorated area, and then placed it off-center on a larger background. The cotton squares and triangles that make up this quilt range in size from 2 to 8 inches. The stitched designs on this quilt are two-fold; colored yarns are couched to the fabric with metallic thread, and a pattern of five pointed stars is stitched with very fine gold thread. The name of the piece is stitched onto the bottom border. This quilt has cotton batting inside with a white pieced cotton backing. The binding is machine and hand stitched and a hanging sleeve is included.

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