A Pajama Quilt (why not?)

Throughout history, quilters have incorporated used clothing into their quilts. The blocks in today's award-winning quilt are from Christmas pajamas! The quilter turned the scraps into pajama-wearing dolls, each one with its own unique personality.

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PJ Quilt #1 (2021), made and quilted by Mary Anne Ciccotelli (Provo, UT).  

Winner of a Judge's Choice award at the 2024 Springville (Utah) quilt show, Mary Anne Cicotelli explains that the blocks in this quilt are from Christmas pajamas and other items she sewed through the years. "I collected the scraps and planned to make a quilt.  In 2019, I decided it was time to either make the quilt or get rid of the scraps. My daughter suggested making blocks with a simple pajama top."  

 

Mary Anne personalized the hair colors and styles, and added buttons to some of the pajamas. This doll shown below even has its own tiny nine-patch quilt as a coverlet! 

Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2024 Springville (Utah) quilt show.

Halloween Shenanigans

Happy Halloween! We love Halloween quilts and decorations and are always looking out for cute designs. Here is a fun embroidery quilt in black and white with orange sashing borders.

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Halloween Shenanigans (2022) by Mary Anne Ciccotelli (Provo, Utah)

Mary Anne Ciccotelli says, "Redwork is a form of American embroidery that was developed in the 19th century and was particularly popular between 1855 and 1925. This project is a fun play on that technique, but done in white/black." Pumpkins, witches, bats, cobwebs and skeletons play among the blocks. The border is filled with embroidered bones.

Mary Anne explains, "I started the embroidery blocks to keep my hands busy during my recovery from total knee replacement surgery.  Embroidery Designs' machine embroidery designs were the inspiration for these hand-embroidered blocks... additional embroidery work was designed and added to the borders."

 Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2024 Springville (Utah) quilt show.