Many years ago, I read an article by Mary Mashuta about using striped fabrics to make clothing (
Threads magazine, April 1991, pp. 60-64, republished in
Quilts and Quilting (1991)). One of the photos featured a gorgeous pieced jumper in which matched stripes created a striking pattern, and ever since then, I've thought about quilting with striped fabrics.
This past winter, while I was working for a few months in Massachusetts, a local fabric store had a fire sale on Kaffe Fassett's ikat woven striped cottons, and I bought a big bundle of them. Not big enough, though--I also had to supplement them with some more Fassett stripes purchased on-line. Here's the quilt in progress, basted and ready for quilting:
This quilt is gorgeous! I've been looking through your posts from your newest to this one so I've seen the progress. Luscious!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! I was thrilled with the finished quilt, and I'm looking forward to working with stripes some more in the future.
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