General 2 — Pelican Quilts

Gold and Peach Labyrinth

Linen, naturally dyed with Madder, Tesu, Osage Orange, Black Tea, Acorns, Himalayan Rhubarb, Cutch, Sandlewood, Wattle and Pomegranate. The binding and back are also linen.
Hand quilted with thick ivory sashiko thread. Cotton batting.
This half-cabin quilt is composed of 6x5 blocks. Each block is sashed in ivory with colorful pieces at each intersection.
Stitched with thick ivory Sashiko style thread by hand.
This quilt was pieced with a machine and hand quilted. The linen was hand dyed by the artist.
This was hand quilted with thick Sashiko style thread following the pattern in the center of each strip.
The strips were cut by eye so they are irregular. The strips were sewn together and then cut at the edge of each section.
The binding is machine stitched on the front and hand tacked on the back to hide the stitches with mitered corners.
The back is naturally dyed linen constructed out of fabric remnants.

This half cabin quilt is composed of 30 blocks in a 5x6 layout. Each block is sashed with ivory linen, with colorful squares at each intersection.

This quilt is low contrast throughout except for some brief coral sections. I am so glad I included those bright coral pieces in this pink and yellow quilt. It really needs those spots of contrast especially now that the stitching has changed the texture of the quilt top.

I designed this quilt to evoke the feeling of a labyrinth. A labyrinth is “a complicated an irregular passage or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way. An intricate or confusing arrangement: a labyrinth of conflicting laws and regulations.” (Google dictionary)

Perhaps under this quilt a dreamer will go to work out the labyrinth of conflicting regulations and laws they experience. As a rule follower I would expect life to be orderly but rules always have their contradictions

This quilt made me think of how we look for the way out of the Labyrinth. Color and lines. Texture and stitches. All the things I love and that what brings me comfort and calm. I’ve been convinced for too long that I should want something different than what I enjoy, but desire is the way through the labyrinth. This quilt will always be a reminder to me of that.

This quilt will be for sale through American Feral Gallery in the near future. Contact me if you are interested.