netting), pinned together, and heavily quilted. The quilting provides several functions: it
Pastels And More Selections From Our Permanent Collection
holds all the pieces together so there is no shifting of the
Every spring, the fields surrounding
fabric; it adds definition; and
La Conner are filled with bright colors.
it makes the landscape come
Beginning in March with the iridescent
to “life.” The binding on these
yellow daffodils and continuing through
pieces is sewn as a facing.
April with the varied tulips, our lives in
The second technique in
this part of the world are alive with color
the show, fusible appliqué,
and they have inspired our first floor
is used mostly on the floral
displays. Quilts made during the 1930s
quilts and in parts of some of
Depression years brightened the lives of
the landscapes. This technique
the makers and their families. A favorite
consists of creating a line
hexagon quilt on display this quarter will
drawing of the finished shapes
be a beautiful Mosaic Quilt. This quilt is
and copying this drawing onto
a recent addition to our collection and it
a 2-sided adhesive sheet. The
features hexagons formed into diamond
shapes on the adhesive sheets
blocks that are arranged into a Tumbling
are cut out and ironed onto the
Block setting. This quilt is all hand pieced
backs of the appropriate fabric. The fabric
and hand quilted, as will be many of the
shapes are then cut out and ironed onto
quilts on display. The display will also
the background fabric. Once all the pieces
include a hexagon Grandmother’s Flower
are ironed on, the piece is placed on top
Garden, a Lily Quilt, and a Circle Star
of the backing and batting, quilted, and
Quilt.
bound
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