Braggin' on my MIL

[mamagotcha]

I meant to post this a long time ago, but now that Easter is almost upon us, I might as well get it up now. My mother-in-law, Lorraine Gilliland, made this nifty quilt recently, and my husband snapped a picture of it on his last trip to Spokane.



Isn't it gorgeous? I'm betting she dyed all the colored parts, as well as designing and piecing the quilt. I think she usually has someone else do the actual quilting, but since this one's smaller, maybe not... Lori? Are you out there? Care to comment?

(Edited to correct orientation.)

Comments

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

Whoa, trippy. I love it.

[essaying.livejournal.com]

Stunning!

wall hanging

[lorraine-inwa.livejournal.com]

Yes I dyed the fabric, designed, made, AND quilted it. The quilting was done with multicolored metallic thread with variable spacing between the rows to suggest pulses of energy. Btw the small yellow spiral part should be in the upper position. I called this "the cosmic egg".

I love your new shawl. Did you have trouble blocking it?

Re: wall hanging

[mh75.livejournal.com]

Nice work! It is quite a nice piece.

Re: wall hanging

[mamagotcha.livejournal.com]

In my defense, t'was your son that sent it to me that way.

What are the dimensions of this piece? Do you have better pictures of it?

Stupid Clapotis. Or rather, stupid me... it's waaay too big for a scarf, and waaay too small for a shawl. I wear it as a scarf sometimes, but it's really bulky and uncomfortable. I'm thiiis close to ripping it out and making a vest or something actually useful out of it, but there are so many hours in it...

Hope you're all mended!

Re: wall hanging

[42itous.livejournal.com]

It is beautiful! I have immense admiration for quilters who can piece irregular shapes into an image and still have it lie flat.