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| Laying out the blocks. |
I decided that I needed to try making a double wedding ring...improvisationally. One of my main inspirations was this quilt by Emma Hall from Eli Leon's collection. I love the story behind this quilt, which you can read here. It kinda sums up exactly how I feel about quilting.
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| Emma Hall, Double Wedding Ring c. 1948 |
Although I used a plastic template for the basis of my pattern, I had to do a bit of drafting as well. It was fun!
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| Drafting the double wedding ring. |
For the fabric arcs, I used a variety of old denim, tribal batiks, Japanese wovens, and hand-dyed indigo. The middle sections are made of vintage linen and a couple of gorgeous, organic, hand-woven striped fabrics from India, called Khadi which I have been drooling over at my local shop, A Verb for Keeping Warm.
This is how far I've gotten. I have this vision of striped, mitered border, but haven't dreamt up a way to do that yet. Any ideas?
P.S. If you live in the SF Bay Area, I'll be teaching an improvisational quilting class this Sunday! I promise, it will be fun! You could make a whole day of it, by taking the indigo resist dyeing workshop first, and then the quilting class after!
I so admire your improv double wedding ring, and what a great article on the African American improv quilts, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWell that's a challenge! How is it coming along? I improvised a double wedding ring quilt from a collection of the client's bridesmaid dresses in 2002 I think. It was seriously wonky -- but delightful. I don't know if I still have a picture of it.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to draft a joseph's coat quilt pattern. How much do you add to the tips of the 'petals'?
ReplyDeleteHi Sam! As for how to draft the rings...I just played around with drafting for a couple of days and did some mock-up blocks. I can't give you the step by step because my process wasn't really that linear!
DeleteGood luck with your project!
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