The single block log cabin variation inspired (but not copied) by the Gees Bend quilters. I love the Gees Bend quilters play with scale and form. They design so well because they understand the forms so completely. They were committed to creating each quilt as a unique design. This sentiment, more than any of their influence is what inspires me. To create new quilts. To me that is more than changing the color of the fabric but to develop my own idea through the forms. There are areas of my life that I like to copy. When cooking or making lego or knitting a sweater. But for me, the quilt is the place to create something new. In my job as a designer I work collaboratively. I don’t see my work as a quilter as independent but as a collaboration between me and all the other quilters who have come before me and will come after. It’s wonderful to be a part of this story. To work out my ideas through cloth in this way. Along with others.

I am hand stitching the indigo blue linen binding onto this quilt. This frame is just what I needed for this quilt. I don’t think it will be possible to show what this quilt looks like through a photograph because it’s texture is striking.

Working a quilt as a large scale single block is fun to explore. Even beginners can proceed without a pattern even for a beginner. Strips can be cut by eye without measurement and you can cut the lengths as you sew.

I didn’t use a pattern for the stitching. I stitched densely in some areas and more sparsely in others. I followed the seams in some areas and departed from them in others. How can I tell when it is finished with an approach like this? It felt a lot like life. Done is done when you run out of something. Time, money, space, or in this case, thread. I ran out of thread. So I am done. I would have continued if there had been more.

Not for sale.