The Louise Quilt

This one-of-a-kind quilt is an homage to the textile works of artist Louise Bourgeois. The way Louise Bourgeois worked with stripes was so inspiring, using them not only as a linear pattern but also as a means of creating new shapes and patterns - right angles, chevrons and octagonal webs.

Twin sized (72in x 84in).

The front of the quilt features star blocks made of vintage striped cotton fabric, natural indigo on Essex cotton/linen and grey shades on Essex cotton/linen made from logwood and iron. Both the logwood and indigo fabrics were dyed by hand, in studio.

The back of the quilt features a mixed patchwork of indigos, stripes and logwood dyed fabric.

The front and back of the quilt were machine pieced, meaning the patchwork is machine sewn. The quilting, meaning the stitches running throughout, were entirely done by hand with cotton sashiko thread. Hand quilting is a very laborious and time consuming process but the impact of the hand stitches cannot be mimicked with a machine.

The binding is a mix of indigo and striped fabric and was also sewn by hand. The quilt has 100% wool batting which makes it very warm and gives it a nice weight.