This quilt was created in stages from 2020 - 2023.The way one would cultivate a garden, I began planting seeds for many different quilts while feeling isolated in 2020.Each day felt the same, the passage of time marked only by the changes in nature outside my windows and the phases of the moon.Quilt-making has always felt calming and meditative for me, but I found myself starting and stalling a lot, as if each idea still needed time to germinate. My unfinished pile of experiments grew higher:a mini log cabin quilt assembled from scraps of vintage florals; cotton and silk dyed with leftover coffee grounds and tea leaves; an appliquéd bunch of tulips from naturally-dyed remnants.
In 2023, I revisited this stack of cast-offs to re-evaluate.I weeded and pruned until the composition transformed into a garden plot of a quilt. It was as if the coffee and tea dyed fabric had made a foundation of composted soil, around which I could build flower beds made from mini log cabins, growing beneath a quarter moon.A path cuts through the center of the quilt, leading to the entrance through a moon gate in the upper left corner.The quilted remnants had sprouted and bloomed by moonlight under the careful supervision of a dream-weaving spider.‘May all your weeds be wildflowers’ she whispers.
Improvisationally hand-quilted. Batting is cotton. Binding is hand-stitched.
Care:
Machine wash cold, delicate cycle using gentle, pH-neutral detergent. Air dry or tumble dry on no heat. To keep colors from fading, store or hang out of direct sunlight. Create warm memories, love, patch, and mend.
