My One Monthly Goal for February is to get Old Town to the flimsy stage. One motivation is to reclaim the design wall. :)
The Quiltville FB group has photos of many versions of the design with different colorways and different sashings or settings or borders. I'm going to stick to the sashing as patterned but I may do something other than the checkerboard border.
Lantern is the The Running Doe Quilts top-along pattern for February. Here are the first four blocks (12" x 14") and the rest of the fabric pull.
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During the Covid lockdown the Getty Museum challenged people to recreate famous paintings using things in their homes. Brathwaite took the challenge a step further and recreated portraits of Black people, portraits created as early as 1375 up to the present day (Kehinde Wiley's portrait of Barack Obama).
His Barbadian grandmother's quilt features in several, such as this one by Christian Weiditz circa 1530-40.
I very much enjoyed this journey through art history.
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Linking up with Sew and Tell (thanks for the shout out, Melva!) Oh Scrap! OMG February and Design Wall Monday
Old Town looks great, and I'm impressed by all your placemats. The Lantern blocks are gorgeous with the dark background!
ReplyDeleteAll lovely pieces to work on, Nann;)) I especially like your variety of placemat patterns...nice works....
ReplyDeleteInteresting about those portraits...some amazing works...thanks for sharing .
hugs, Julierose
Old Town is looking good - you're getting there! Your placemats are fun and so is the Lantern design. The Richard Braithwaite book looks fascinating, too! I clicked on the Bisa Butler link, and wow! Those quilts would be amazing to see in person.
ReplyDeleteOld Town is looking amazing. So many many pieces to Bonnie's quilt. Great use of all your scrap blocks. I have the instructions for the mystery quilt: it asks for a jelly roll. I do not have one, so will have to make do. Hmmm.
ReplyDeleteOld Town is looking fantastic! Well worth all the cutting and stitching to get it to this point!
ReplyDeleteooh liking those lantern blocks a lot....and nice old town too....hints of spring here this week...50s for a few days...won't be long...
ReplyDeleteOld Town looks gorgeous and thanks for sharing about the portrait recreation. He did an amazing job; what an extraordinary imaginative vision to be able to see random objects from your cupboards and under your sink and visualize them as something completely different!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your goal. I find Bonnie Hunter quilts to be a tremendous amount of work, but I do always learn something. Thanks for discussing Brathwaite's book; I'm making a note to look for it.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I love the creative name of your blog! 😊Yes! I placed a very patient UFO on my design board for precisely that reason: to reclaim my design board. Love your placemats!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing “Reframing the Portrait”! It was very challenging!
Your version of Old Town is looking good. You've got some fun placemats from your parts department. I hope those bins are a little less full after that effort.
ReplyDeleteYour Old Town is lovely. What a lot of work! You work so fast, I'm sure you'll meet your goal of getting it to the flimsy stage.
ReplyDeleteI should think people would really enjoy your placemats.
Thanks for highlighting NPR's program. I listen when I'm in the car, which isn't often these days, so I miss a lot. I'll have to see if there's a way to listen to this episode and current one.