TWIST

This week I'm sharing another quilt out of the past (my past) with you.  I made this several years ago, using a technique taught by Ricky Tims called Rhapsody Quilts.  It's really a very simple concept, starting with a square sheet of paper folded in eighths like you would make a paper snowflake.  A "skeleton" of piecing is created, and then applique is added.  Actually the applique is stitched before the piecing, so the quilt is not so cumbersome.

Twist incorporates some applique motifs adapted from Owen Jones' The Grammar of Ornament, and some from Lora Irish's Great Book of Celtic Patterns.

And of course lots of quilting was added.  The binding has a flat piping inserted in the seam to give the edge an elegant look.