Dimensions: 96 x 90 x 0.5 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: Cutting and piecing by me. Colors of autumn
Snoflakes
Susie Kurien
Country: India
Dimensions: 96 x 96 x 0.5 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: Pieced quilt bright colored snoflakes
Namibia Zebras
Yan Liu
Country: Kuwait
Dimensions: 183 x 152 x 1.5 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: I went to Namibia last fall, and took a photo of this pair of zebras and surrounding grayish white bushes and grasses. I thought it is better to make the background more of an impression/abstract style with the real zebras (but not black and white) to make the quilt a little bit more interesting.
KANI'S QUILT
Abinaya M
Country: India
Dimensions: 75 x 63 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: Our School KMSC Girls Hr.Sec.School,Nattarasankottai lead the students not only in studies but also in co-curricular activities. I got my tailoring course in my school. Last year Mrs.Meenal Madam showed me the Quilt Book and told us try to make from it. At that time I was impressed by her words. Because of my public exam I can’t do it last year.Now in this pandamic situation I made my quilt happily. Thank you.
YESHUA'S QUILT
Apragenthi M
Country: India
Dimensions: 63 x 62 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: When I started stitching in 10 th standard in my school, I am inspired from my first batch students .They made the first quilt 2 years ago. It was so nice. I am eagerly waiting for the opportunity to make the Quilt myself. Surprisingly I got the opportunity to make the Quilt with my tailoring mam Mrs.Rani and Mrs.Saratha Mam. I got a chance to learn many new stitches and ideas to make the Quilt. Mrs.Meenal Mam also gave many ideas. We got the design from the Quilt book. There is one rabbit in the design but we make two rabbits in the Quilt it shows our creativity. I would like to thank my mother Mrs.Valli she encourage me to make this Quilt. I will continue this in my future.
Vennila
Ilakkiya Maran
Country: India
Dimensions: 146.05 x 67.31 x 0.5 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: Vennila! If you're thinking it's an icecream flavour, then ooops. It's my Amma's name which means White Moon in Tamil. Since I'm away from home for the first time for my craft studies I thought of making a warm quilt which reminds me of my mom's warmth to save me from Jaipur's winter chills. So I made this quilt using blue which represents the dark & cold nights and applique with a crescent moon which represents my mom and celestial bodies with sashiko embroidery.
I've also hand dyed strips of fabric using tie dye techniques such as shibori, bandhani & with some intuitive ideas to create values & patterns with found objects and blue dye. Finally added tassels from trims for a bohemian look. Best for studying and picnic dates.
Blooming In My Garden
Maya Matthew
Country: India
Dimensions: 122 x 91 x 1 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: Multiple techniques such as English paper piecing, applique, hand embroidery and quilting have been employed in the making of this quilt. Fabrics used are in the most part upcycled from garment cut offs and old bed sheets have been used as batting in the spirit of sustainability.
De La Luna
Pepper McFarland
Country: India
Dimensions: 190 x 160 x 1 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: This quilt pairs two of my favorite designers: Tula Pink and Kaffe Fassett. Tula Pink's De La Luna fabric line's bright patterns with the bold Spoonflower solids make the design pop. I chose Kaffee Fassett's Green Star Boquet quilt pattern as the large windows displayed the pattern on the fabric well.
Madras Christmas
Pepper McFarland
Country: India
Dimensions: 119 x 118 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: I completed this quilt at the same time as a group of my friends. We decided to do a mystery sew along through Fat Quarter Shop. I decided to use blue lungi fabric with the traditional snowflake pattern to combine my love of southern India with winter.
Raven's Forest
Pepper McFarland
Country: India
Dimensions: 224 x 168 x 1 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: My daughter has loved the outdoors since she was born, so this quilt was the perfect choice for her room. I absolutely love the owls , the foxes, and the hedgehogs. They match her inquisitive free spirit nature.
Memories of Mother
Pepper McFarland
Country: India
Dimensions: 186 x 163.5 x 1 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: I had decided I wanted to make a quilt in the traditional manner- taking old material and making something new from it. I asked my co-workers for pieces of old clothes and was approached by a supervisor who gave me two of her mothers saris. Her mother had passed and she wished to have something beautiful made to remember her. Thus was born this quilt. It is not just a blanket or a piece of art. It is a memory book woven in cloth.
Unicorn Portraits
Pepper McFarland
Country: India
Dimensions: 126 x 126 x 1 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: Unicorns are magical. Life can be too serious, especially during trying times. Therefore I chose this pattern to brighten up my sewing room and help me to remember that there is still magic in the world.
RevoLusion
Malathi Mohan
Country: India
Dimensions: 91 x 91 x 0.5 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: RevoLusion .. The Moving Circles ... a pattern designed by me with the aid of auto cad which required engineering precision . Later the cad design was converted to machine appliqué embroidery design. Having a mechanical engineering background with engineering design experience I ventured to attempt this pattern.
This piece of work is quite an intricate design that I could try and put in place based on optical illusion that I could envisage from the images that I collected from Internet . The works involved on this piece were machine embroidered Appliqué in the hoop and quilting.
The pattern is embedded in the size of approx 36” by 36” and to be viewed from a distance off 10 to 15 ft to give the desired visual effect of a slow clockwise.
Star Wars
Aparna Muthana
Country: India
Dimensions: 213 x 152 x 0.75 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: A quilt made for my nephew, who is a fan of the Star Wars space opera. The technique used is foundation paper piecing, taken from www.fandominstitches.com.
The design tries to depict the opening text in the original Star Wars movie, where it scrolls infinitely into the background.
Quilting done by Tsala Studios, Bangalore.
GALACTIC SPIRAL
Meera Naresh Kumar
Country: India
Dimensions: 83 x 61 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: A vibrant asymmetric Bargello Quilt inspired by the pattern "Cosmic Twist" by Eileen Wright.
Reminiscent of the cosmic swirls and twirls of the star studded Sky. Reflecting the magnificent beauty of Outer Space.
Pieced by me.
The wonderful free motion quilting is by Tina Katwal
Little Amsterdam
Pramila Noronha
Country: United Arab Emirates.
Dimensions: 186 x 186 x 4 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: The key to success i learnt in making this quilt is to have a good contrast. I worked with 23 blue shades of fabric. These houses are of 5 different types depending on the number of windows. it has 12 regular houses, 4 short houses, 4 wide houses, 4 corner houses,7 bridge houses n all windows are not the same size.The techniques involved in this pattern is using freezer paper, foundation piecing, appliqué, piecing,freehand drawing and painting. the first border to the centre block is strippy piecing of whites and blues, the final border is dogtooth consisting of 140 blue triangles and 136 white triangle. It took me 420 hours for a period of two months to complete this project. However straight longish strips sewn they will look crooked.
Christmas Fudge
Lisa O'Brien Payne
Country: India
Dimensions: 161 x 146 x 0.5 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: Living abroad in the land of textiles has been an amazing journey I never imagined I would get the privilege to have!
New friends have led to even more new friends and that is how I found “The Square Inch” in Chennai. These wonderful friends became my teachers and I found myself stepping into the quilting stream! "Christmas Fudge" came about by a happy chance! I happened to have the pattern and my friend had the expertise and the fabric! We have made our quilts together and here is my debut!
Lisa O’Brien Payne
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2020
Morse Code (Dot Dot Dash)
Lisa O'Brien Payne
Country: India
Dimensions: 129 x 152 x 0.5 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: I saw and fell in love with my friends quilt which used this same Tula Pink fabric line! This pattern seemed a fun way to mishmash all those stripes and dots with Tula’s vibrant colors!
- ..- .-.. .- / .--. .. -. -.-
(Tula / Pink (In morse code!))
Lisa O’Brien Payne
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2020
A Summer Afternoon of Christmas Fun
Lisa O'Brien Payne
Country: India
Dimensions: 43 x 46 x 0.5 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: I was falling down the rabbit hole of online quilting videos when I came across Amy Smart’s improv method of the Holiday Patchwork Forest pattern and was inspired into action! With one lonely charm pack on a hot, May summer day, I had a lovely afternoon of improv Christmas fun!
Lisa O’Brien Payne
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2020
Girl in a swing
Sivakami Palaniappan
Country: India
Dimensions: 76 x 71 x 0.5 Artist Statement/ Description/ Method: This is a convergence quilt pattern. I did a raw edge appliqué of a girl going on a swing, to add some interest. All kids like to go in a swing, so do I when I was a kid. I’ve enjoyed hours and hours of swing time in my early days. I had the same enthusiasm while doing this quilt.