This is a quilt I recently made for a teacher at my local primary school who is undergoing treatment for cancer. It was a community effort, with each student at the school decorating a piece of fabric representing a book spine with the title of their favourite book. Each book (about 170 of them, from students and staff) was sewn onto a background to create a library bookshelf arrangement. After a lot of time and effort, the final product was over 2m high by about 1.7m wide. A very satisfying quilt to make from start to finish, and my biggest so far. Click on the picture to have a closer look.
My initial idea was to use "wood grain" type fabric to represent the shelving, but when I got to that part I felt it didn't suit the quilt. Using black instead makes the books stand out more and they do the talking. it still looks like a bookshelf. The books were appliqued on in an ad-hoc manner using satin stitch with matching bright embroidery threads, but they could just as easily have been foundation pieced (I expect that would have taken longer though!).
My initial idea was to use "wood grain" type fabric to represent the shelving, but when I got to that part I felt it didn't suit the quilt. Using black instead makes the books stand out more and they do the talking. it still looks like a bookshelf. The books were appliqued on in an ad-hoc manner using satin stitch with matching bright embroidery threads, but they could just as easily have been foundation pieced (I expect that would have taken longer though!).
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