Saturday, March 22, 2008

A Quilt for Mark



Mark's Quilt is finished. I don't have words to describe the process, nor the reason.







Here is a close up of the machine stitching by Cinnamon Dreams.


The cool backing fabric is a hand-dyed, then hand spot bleached. It gives a grassy, rocky feel.

This is a simple fence rail pattern made with a jelly roll of batik fabrics.

A jelly roll is 2 1/2 inch strips rolled up and tied with a ribbon to make a beautiful display of fabric. I took a 90 strip jelly roll and sewed four strips together, then made two 10" squares each. Each block is duplicated once. There was no rhyme or reason to my design - just tried to balance the colors. Some areas are more successful than others.

The label reads:

A Quilt for Mark

We hope this quilt warms your body and comforts your soul. Love, The Denneys.

I hope it does.

4 comments:

auntie-c said...

Oh... babe. It's lovely.

Many hugs and much love,
~c

fiona said...

beautiful Scoot.. just beautiful..

Melissa Foster Denney said...

Thanks guys~ What matters most to me is that Mark loves it. He's using it this week for his 12th Chemo treatment. He and his wife are both so brave and inspirational~

Cheesecake Maven said...

That is one gorgeous quilt!!!!!!