Arabesque #4 – “Stone Eden”
I have made quilts that have taken years to make. The first quilt I ever made took two full years of regular work because it was completely handmade – hand pieced, hand quilted, the seam in the backing sewn by hand, and hand-bound. I’ve also had quilts that have taken …
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Arabesque #3 Design
I have been wrestling with the design for Arabesque #3 for weeks now. I kept trying to talk myself out of doing it. The inspiration for the design is from the Alcazar Palace in Seville, Spain (Broug, Eric. Islamic Geometric Design, pg. 27) and it is complicated. It’s a 12-point …
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Arabesque #2
I am putting the final touches on a few quilts this week, readying them for my guild show this weekend. (Come see it on Friday and Saturday at St. Brigid’s Church in Lexington, MA.) I’ll have two quilts in the show, in addition to the many samples that I pulled …
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Designing Arabesque #2
I have gotten started on my next arabesque quilt. This design is based on a geometric tile pattern from The Great Mosque of Cordoba in Spain, built over the course of 200 years and completed in 987. (Broug, Eric. “Islamic Geometric Patterns,” 27.) I’ve taken just one tile and set …
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