“Swirling Indigo Seaweed” was inspired by the kelp washed up on a Central California beach. The seaweed almost dances as it is brought onto the sand and then relaxes into beautiful designs.
I used a hemp/organic cotton blend fabric in its natural color for the background. The appliques are cut in three single pieces in an indigo hemp/organic cotton fabric, with bamboo batting between the layers. The quilt is entirely sewn by hand with the thread weaving through all the layers of the quilt. This gives the back of the quilt the same design on the back with the stitching. I was inspired by the Hawaiian method of echo quilting for the background. The binding edge was sewn on my machine on the front side, then the binding is then turned under and handstitched on the reverse side.
“Swirling Indigo Seaweed” was inspired by the kelp washed up on a Central California beach. The seaweed almost dances as it is brought onto the sand and then relaxes into beautiful designs.
I used a hemp/organic cotton blend fabric in its natural color for the background. The appliques are cut in three single pieces in an indigo hemp/organic cotton fabric, with bamboo batting between the layers. The quilt is entirely sewn by hand with the thread weaving through all the layers of the quilt. This gives the back of the quilt the same design on the back with the stitching. I was inspired by the Hawaiian method of echo quilting for the background. The binding edge was sewn on my machine on the front side, then the binding is then turned under and handstitched on the reverse side.
