BEHIND THE QUILT
INSPIRED BY TRADITION
“The quilt I have designed for you reflects little change in design between quilts today and quilts from our past, and includes some of my favourite blocks – popular then and still so today – along with a needle-turn appliqué centre piece. As hand sewing is my preferred method of patchwork, to centre the quilt around the appliqué, akin to how framed quilts would have been made, felt the natural thing to do. When I started the central appliqué piece, it gave me the time to slowly stitch and visualise our ancestors doing exactly that – around some 300 years ago. My choice of fabrics also reflects fabrics used in the past and I took inspiration from a nineteenth-century wheels patchwork quilt made from roller-printed dress cottons. Scrappy quilts are as popular today as they once were, and I have focused on that, using a variety of Liberty Fabrics and other stash fabrics, including my own Blueberry Park for Robert Kaufman and Hand Stitched for Figo Fabrics. I would encourage you to do the same to create your own individual version!” – Karen Lewis
You will Need
■ Low-volume/background fabric – 2½yds in total* or ten (10) fat quarters or twenty (20) fat eighths
■ Patterned/coloured fabric – 3yds in
