Here's my recent finish. and by recent I do mean that as I'm typing this, I have only finished putting the last stitches on the binding of this one!
It is a quilt that has been in my mind for a longer time than at my machine!
Sometime in April, as i was browsing the "SALE" section of my local book store I saw this one
And thats where this quilt started taking shape!!!
In that book one of the four sisters, a painter, looses her sight in an accident. The other 3 sisters decide to stay together in a single house to help her get back on her feet.
The part when the girl realizes that she cannot see any more prompted me to think what would an artist do without sight! It would be disastrous!
Even for us quilters, colours play a very important role. What would a quilt be without colours? And I mean ALL of it - the value, shade, etc. Not just one aspect of it.
Then I began thinking of what would colours mean to someone who has never 'seen'? How would a blind-at-birth person see them? How would they feel them?
That is when I decided to make a tactile quilt.
This quilt is what colours 'look' like to those who have never seen them.
I used the machine trapunto technique to give them the thickness so that you can actually feel them when you touch the quilt!!!
Here are the first three : Red. Orange & Yellow

And here are the next three : Green, Blue & Violet. (Can I tell you a secret? I forgot Indigo!!!)

I quilted it with almost straight lines using the BSR on my new machine (which I just remembered I haven't introduced to you guys yet). I used Aurifil 50 wt White thread for 99% of the quilting, which is super dense (< 1/8th inch apart). I also quilted just 3 lines in each row with the colour I have written so that you can see which one is which!!!

Making this quilt was a wonderful process. It is a quilt that also prompted me to donate my eyes! I filled an online form with the EBAI (Eye Bank Association of India) and am awaiting my acceptance email!
I have put in more thoughts in the design of this quilt than any other that I have made. But in the end I'm very happy with my work!!!

Quilt Stats
Name : The White Rainbow
Size : 36" x 50"
Material used :
Fabric :White Bella Solid, a little bit of the rainbow fabric by Anne Kelly for the binding.
Thread : Aurifil 50 wt - white for most of the quilting. Red, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue and Violet for some.
Batting : Pellon Fusible Fleece for the dots and Cotton batting overall!
Technique : Trapunto
Experience : Heartwarming!
Do you like my white rainbow?

Here are the first three : Red. Orange & Yellow
And here are the next three : Green, Blue & Violet. (Can I tell you a secret? I forgot Indigo!!!)
I quilted it with almost straight lines using the BSR on my new machine (which I just remembered I haven't introduced to you guys yet). I used Aurifil 50 wt White thread for 99% of the quilting, which is super dense (< 1/8th inch apart). I also quilted just 3 lines in each row with the colour I have written so that you can see which one is which!!!
Making this quilt was a wonderful process. It is a quilt that also prompted me to donate my eyes! I filled an online form with the EBAI (Eye Bank Association of India) and am awaiting my acceptance email!
I have put in more thoughts in the design of this quilt than any other that I have made. But in the end I'm very happy with my work!!!
Quilt Stats
Name : The White Rainbow
Size : 36" x 50"
Material used :
Fabric :White Bella Solid, a little bit of the rainbow fabric by Anne Kelly for the binding.
Thread : Aurifil 50 wt - white for most of the quilting. Red, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue and Violet for some.
Batting : Pellon Fusible Fleece for the dots and Cotton batting overall!
Technique : Trapunto
Experience : Heartwarming!
Do you like my white rainbow?
That is an amazing idea and an amazing quilt.
ReplyDeleteYou always pleasantly surprise me in your reveals! BTW here is a real blind quilter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lfaSmDxVZQ
ReplyDeleteWhat a really cool quilt. Love the bit of rainbow on the binding and the colored thread.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Your ideas are so creative and bring such fantastic outcomes. Love the Braille dots and the subtle thread colors.
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing! I love how varied your quilts are, my father in law is blind and I am wondering if he would like me to make him something like this too.. Any excuse to make a quilt I guess!
ReplyDeleteLovely idea and awesome, lovely quilt!! You are so creative !!
ReplyDeleteAwesome ! Love this quilt . You are very thoughtfully creative!
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-A book written in the 12th century, this is a description of the intimate loving affairs of Radha and Krishna
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Govinda Lilamrta
-An 400 year old book which poetically describes the eternal daily pastimes of Radha and Krishna
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Ananda Vrindavan Campu
-This is probably the most poetic and intimate portrayal of Sri Krsna’s life in Vrndavana that has ever been written.
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Prayers of Service to Radha and Krishna (Sankalpa Kalpadruma)
http://www.mediafire.com/view/lvkqsro3sbzm249/Visvanath_Cakravarti_Thakur_Sankalpa_Kalpadruma.pdf
Prema Samputa The Treasure Chest of Love
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The Meeting of Sri Krishna Disguised as a Female Doctor
http://www.mediafire.com/view/hgomrnem7829pda/The_Meeting_of_Sri_Krsna_Disguised_as_a_Female_Doctor.pdf
The Meeting of Sri Krishna Disguised as a Female Singer
http://www.mediafire.com/view/gyuboduhn8dvdml/The_Meeting_of_Sri_Krsna_Disguised_as_a_Female_Singer.pdf
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