Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Cut-out applique?

Disclaimer:  I did not make this (although I wish I could claim to be the artist).
I don't know what it is, or who made it. It's some kind of cut-out applique, and it's hand-sewn.  My daughter gave it to me from her MIL.  I put it up on my design wall just because I like it, and as I was making some Granny Smith blocks I noticed the colors are very similar.  It makes me think of Victoria's tea towel challenge (bumblebeans.blogspot.com) where you take a tea towel and improv some borders around it.  I might attempt it with this piece.

In other news, I DID finish my Easy Street quilt but, as predicted, I folded the quilt top and put it away without sandwiching it or finishing it.  Maybe some day I'll find someone who will love it!

And here's a random question:  Do the colors turquoise and coral go together?  I can't picture it but I'm told by someone that those are the colors they like and I don't know if they meant the two together.  I didn't want to ask questions and get their suspicions up.

At my Monday night quilting class last week I asked Jean to bring in something for show and tell.  She obliged with this beauty:
Jean only showing from her eyebrows up :-)

I forget what she called this pattern - I like it!  The way the blocks are made, they appear to be shimmery.  And the entire quilt was so very soft!
Thanks, Jean!  





  

4 comments:

  1. Your Mola is beautiful as is that pretty jewel quilt.

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  2. Love the colours on the applique (mola??)

    I can't quite picture turquoise and coral either, maybe go to a quilt shop and have a look at some turquoise and coral together and then add some other fabrics to the mix - white, grey and see how it works.

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  3. What you have is a mola from Panama. Here's a good link to an explanation and a lot of other examples. http://www.panart.com/molainfo.htm

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  4. Isn't that Hmong needlework? Looks familar, though I think Mola and Hmong might be one in the same, but from different cultures. I wouldn't put turquoise and coral together, but then I'm not fond of coral. Maybe turquoise, coral and white though!

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