The task this month has been set by Judith of Needles and Lemons, and it is for ANY red and white block- kinda scary!
I love redwork quilts and have been thinking about embroidery; at first I found some lovely fairy tale designs (the Princess and the Pea was my absolute favourite!) but I didn't think that was personal enough. Then I saw a quilt made from town landmarks -sorry I forgotten who/ where it was, and I thought something from Judith's hometown would be lovely... but what is more personal than your own home- and I spend most days drawing houses after all! So I thought an embroidery sketch of the front elevation would be nice, but on second thoughts I have always loved doors and it really is the most easily identifiable bit of your home.
So Judith, my first idea is a redwork embroidered block of your front door. What do you think? I know you said that you didn't want any blocks with obvious corners so I was thinking a white block with an inset red sashing (unfortunately the white edge didnt show up very well in my mock up)
Still thinking about my second block, which will probably be a conventional block but I am not sure which yet.
Thank you for the freedom Judith, I am really loving the research in this challenge :)
J x
Thats a beautiful sketch! Really interesting approach to the blocks :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful sketch ! I was about to ask "What are you doing for a living ?" when I saw at the top of the blog that you are an architecture student.......ah! I also was thinking that you stalked me but alas this is not my door (I can sent you a picture of mine if you want..). I adore redwork quilts and one of them is also on my very, very long list of quilts to make. I would be very happy if you included this as one of the blocks.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! Lovely sketch too! Jxo
ReplyDeleteSo/too clever! Beautiful x
ReplyDeleteHello! Im a brit quilter too so I thought Id add you to my blogroll too -stop by and say hi, its lovely to get to know some more brit quilters. Dana
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