It all began a few years ago with a trunk show held here in Mitchell, with the quilts of an amazing Nebraska quilter inspiring so many people. The final quilt she showed was a 22' long panorama quilt that she had made. I don't remember the story behind it . . . but I recently saw what it inspired.
My friend, who leads our Simple Whatnots group, was totally inspired by the "panorama" quilt at that trunk show and challenged herself to make her own version. She began to plan out her project and decided to use a bargello pattern, and make it in all batiks. Then for the past few years she has patiently collected batik fabrics to use in the quilt.
In April of this year she began sewing. I think it was in May at Simple Whatnots that she showed us the "birth" of the quilt - a 9" wide section. Just 9 inches, but we could see the beautiful colors emerging in those bargello strips already! Well, that 9" section grew into a 24 foot long quilt top. And at the end of July it is a finished top. It's 6' tall - notice the finger tips of the ladies holding it up. And yes - the length really is 24 FEET!! And she has found a man who will quilt it for her.
My photos do not do justice to this project. The colors are gorgeous rich fall colors. It extended across the classroom and out the doors on both sides. Isn't it amazing?
5 comments:
Whoa, that’s impressive! What’s she going to do with it after it’s quilted?
Wow that design is beautiful. What a great project! I like the colors too...the quilt seems to have movement in those small squares!
Six feet by 24 feet! Wow!! What will she do with the quilt once it's quilted? It is beautiful.
OMG it is amazing just to make a quilt that darn big and so fast too. But then throw in a beautiful design and gorgeous fabrics WOWZA! Now I am curious what will she do with this once it is quilted and bound?
Wow! That is pretty cool. I wonder what you'd do with such a piece.
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