Here I unfolded the quilt in front of
the Cruquius museum ( with the biggest steam engine in the world, used for emptying the Haarlemmermeer lake around1852)
Like this butterfly in the grass near my feet,who is just unfolding his wings I think, he couldn't fly yet. The crinkles are still visible.
All African fabrics are bought at the
Tambani stand in Rijswijk quiltshow ( Dutch blog:
here ) They sell embroidered panels but at that stand, African fabrics too!
I combined the African fabrics with lots of different fabrics of my closet, like the
thrift shop shirts I bought in the USA....
Shirtings...new modern fabrics....reproduction fabrics....
linen fabrics, old and new.
The back is a combination from leftover fabrics and a big piece with checks my aunt gave me long time ago.
The quilting is done by my on my Pfaff Expression 4.0 . I used a thick thread( which I had for years but there is n name on it) at the top and
Invisafil thread from Wonderfil in the bobbin.
Some African fabrics are really bright, like the yellow and orange butterflies.The patterns so different from the ones we are used to. All of them were reversible, almost no difference between back and front of the fabrics.
The best way to see the pattern is from a distance. It is perhaps not a beautiful quilt but just practical and a fun quilt. It has already been washed and dried, feels good and smells nice!!!
Have a good week, finally Spring has come to our region I hope!
Groetjes
Annemieke