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| Dear Jane Quilt - Block J12 Rebecca's Basket |
Techniques: English Paper Piecing and applique
Pieces: 9 pieces
Wednesday 3 August 2016
Dear Jane Quilt - Block J12 Rebecca's Basket
Techniques: English Paper Piecing and applique
Pieces: 9 pieces
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I adore baskets and hope to someday make an entire quilt in this pattern. When the Bennington Museum displays the original quilt, this basket is right side up. Brenda's book has the photo turned 90 degrees. Either way, it is a fun one!
ReplyDeleteThe 90 degree turn of the quilt makes sense. The star within a star (not the book's redesign) makes more sense too. Are you going to make a 90 degree conversion chart for your readers?
ReplyDeleteThat's a very interesting point. I think that one of the major differences between antique or vintage quilts versus the quilts made today is that those antique quilts were all made with the intention that people would see them on a BED, not hanging vertically on a wall at a quilt show or in a photo on the Internet. A lot of those older quilts look like they are sideways to us now, but make sense if you think about how they would look when you walk into a bedroom and see the quilt from the SIDE, hanging down from the top of the mattress.
ReplyDeleteTo me the orientation of the basket is a moot point...so pretty whatever way you decide to place it. I, like Wendy, love baskets and have in my mind, a plan to someday make a completely basket quilt.
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