Tapestry Garden in Winter

a finished quilt + Round 2 kick off

Mmm… It feels good to be back to sewing again, now in the new apartment. Yesterday I created a simple, yet dramatic quilt back for my Tapestry Garden quilt and quilted her on the longarm machine with classic continuous eight loops. Today I have finished her off with a mocha binding.

Ta da! She’s become an intricate and beautiful tapestry. I sewed her according the color value rules which I designed with my first Tapestry Garden quilt. Even in mostly neutral shades, she really does sparkle thanks to the value proportions.

Each unique block brings special elements. Some with curves, some with points or plusses, some with echoing or exploding shapes.

The quilt is so interesting up close, yet it tells a coherent story as a whole. Yay!

For the backing I used black yardage combined with a half meter of a gray and cream Fableism woven from Floyd the Fox. I’m loving the combination of austere black with the swooping continuous eights in light gray thread. It’s minimalist, but not.

And then there’s a fine line of text print at the right side because the backing was a wee bit too small. Don’t you love how with patchwork such shortcomings are just an invitation to improve the original idea?

We photographed Tapestry Garden in Winter at the Melkhal in Enschede. It’s an industrial building that used to be a milk processing center. After standing empty for decades, it’s been restored as a grocery and shopping center with much of the original architecture intact. The light inside is beautifully filtered through a glass ceiling, and there are some fantastic blue walls for future photo backgrounds. I’ll have to remember this location.

Would you like to give this quilt a home? Tapestry Garden is listed for sale today in my Handmades shop.

Would you rather create your own? Join us for Round 2 of the Tapestry Garden sew-along. It’s starting fresh right today, with the month of April being the first of 6 months. Come learn about value in quilting and sew your own beautiful tapestry!