Twelve Quilts of Christmas 2021 – #9

 

 

From the exhibition notes: “Jen has always call this her “zany” quilt.  The patchwork is irregular and lopsided which manages somehow to add to its charm.  In today’s terminology it would be called “Folk Art”.  Twenty-five years ago, when her younger daughter Kate was born Jen paid her gynaecologist in quilts!  He especially wanted this yellow and blue star which she was loath to part with.  Luckily in the end a substitute was agreed upon.  Happily, it remained in the collection eventually to be selected as the standard bearer for the 2011 exhbition.”

 

Oh, this one is most certainly freewheeling!  Check out how each of the quilting designs are resolved in the corners of the outside border. Do you notice how the leaves look without the defining double row of stitching around the outside of them? And that outside border with the break of triangles … divine!  What else do you see?