RADISH QUILT

This is what two blazers and one button down look like, cut apart and sewn back together in a quilt.

The top of the quilt is 100% linen. It’s hand quilted in vintage emerald green cotton thread from Detroit, with each row of quilting less than an inch apart and changing direction throughout the quilt. The backing is a vintage sheet and the batting is unbleached cotton.

The quilt is machine pieced and hand quilted. The binding is linen and hand stitched. 

Completed in October, 2019. 45” x 45”

MULLEIN QUILT

This quilt named itself before it was bound- mullein. For the yellow backing fabric, for the softest greens, for the rounded corners.

Nothing about with quilt was planned- I made each decision as I came to it. I started with approximately 512 little triangles and went on from there, making blocks and turning them on their points. Adding solid squares and leaving off the corners for a rounded border. The fabrics are entirely repurposed. Oxford striped shirt scraps are paired with linen and cotton boxtop scraps, an indigo over-dyed duvet, leftover from making a beloved dress, meets a buttery flat sheet in my favorite shade of green.

Everything about this quilt is gentle and meant to soothe.

The quilt is machine pieced and hand quilted with indigo space-dyed cotton thread. The binding is cotton and hand stitched. The batting is unbleached cotton.

Completed in July, 2019. 67” x 67”

ARGO QUILT

My favorite place in the world (as known to me) is a narrow and hilly park along the Huron River on the north side of my hometown. This quilt, with its sunshine-and-shadows log cabin variation, reminds me of the sun coming through the trees and bouncing off the water in Argo pond. Log cabin quilts represent home and more than any place I have ever been, that stretch of forest is a home to my heart, mind, and body.

This quilt is the manifestation of several years worth of fabric scraps too narrow to use for anything else. With a few exceptions, the light and dark portions are made up of the same fabrics, half over-dyed with indigo before piecing. No new fabrics were used, and it’s possible to look close and find evidence of pockets removed, seams unfolded and stitches unpicked.

The quilt is machine pieced and hand quilted with indigo space-dyed cotton thread. The binding is indigo dyed linen and hand stitched. The batting is unbleached cotton.

Completed in February, 2019.

42” x 42”

KÄTJE QUILT

Every piece of fabric in this quilt is a scrap from something else I've sewn- box tops, bags, pillows. It began as a way to manage the scraps from other projects- I would cut them into strips the width of my Opa's T-square and tuck them away for later. Eventually there were enough pieces for a quilt.  

The fabric used to make this quilt is all cotton, linen and silk. Most of the linen was from my Oma's stash of colorful linen pants that she brought back from Thailand. 

The quilt is machine pieced and hand quilted with cotton thread. The binding is indigo dyed and hand stitched. The batting is unbleached cotton.

Completed January, 2018. 

76"x84"

BROKEN LOG CABIN QUILT

The pattern used in the quilt is a log cabin variation. Strips of fabric are sewn around a red center square, signifying the hearth, or the heart of the home. Pieced almost entirely from repurposed linen, cotton, and silk button downs, some of the fabrics have known histories- a traditional German shirt worn by my Opa, a batik cotton robe brought back from Thailand, an Indian vest handed down by an old friend and boss. Many of the fabrics are scraps from other projects, matching pieces worn by friends, family, and strangers across the country. The back is a thrifted sheet in a beloved favorite floral pattern. 

The quilt is machine pieced and hand quilted with cotton thread. The binding is repurposed linen, hand stitched. The batting is unbleached cotton.

Completed October, 2017.

40"x50"