Hours and hours of tiny hand stitches yield the expressive character that hallmarks the real thing and the ultimate luxury: a hand-quilted quilt.
-
Fragments
Fifteen pieces of Neapolitan-inspired colour hand-quilted to follow the dominant curves and seams.
220 x 210cm
Linen and Mikkusu patchwork, hand quilted and bound with silk.
Available exclusively through Helen Chislett Gallery
-
Gustav
An animated, popping version version of the traditional log cabin quilt with the flavour of Vienna 1900.
210 x 180cm
Linen, cotton and silk patchwork bound with silk.
SOLD
-
Victor
A perpendicular arrangement across the belly of the quilt inspired by 1960s reliefs.
230 x 200cm
Linen and cotton patchwork bound with silk.
POA
-
Fissure
A big ‘crazy’ quilt in assorted blues that evokes a landscape seen from the air.
245 x 190cm
Linen, silk, cotton and velvet patchwork bound with silk.
POA
-
Anni
Monochrome quilt inferring the rules of a pattern drawing by Anni Albers to make the triangles turn up and down.
230 x 210cm
Linen, Japanese printed cotton and silk patchwork backed with Khadi cotton and bound with silk.
POA
-
Anni Meander
A continuous line of colour on a neutral ground, inspired by ancient Mayan labyrinth designs.
240 x 180cm
Linen and cotton patchwork bound with turqoise silk.
POA
-
Assante
The traditional Basketweave pattern with its illusory interwoven linens integrating fabric purchased as a souvenir from Tanzania.
230 x 240cm
Linen, cotton and African wax print bound with printed cotton.
SOLD
-
Arthur
A going-away quilt in the student’s favourite colours against a ground of denim and chambray. An animated interpretation of traditional log cabin patchwork.
160 x 210cm
Linen, cotton and silk bound with Liberty Tana Lawn.
SOLD
-
Bauhaus Bash
Primary colours intersecting against a neutral ground; the geometric, improvised flavour of an early Bauhaus party. The original TV quilt.
210 x 110cm
Linen and cotton bound with African wax print cotton
SOLD
-
Jazz
An improvised, rhythmic composition of elemental circles and rectangle in tricolor; Perpendot (see Machine Quilts) is an enlarged detail from this hand quilted original TV quilt.
120 x 190cm
Linen, cotton and silk backed and bound in spotted Khadi cotton.
SOLD
-
Edward
After the 1813 original Star Spangled Banner by Mary Pickersgill, a modified version of the traditional Courthouse Steps pattern.
215 x 240cm
Linen, cotton chambray and silk patchwork bound with silk.
SOLD
-
Fragments
My original Fragments design: fifteen pieces of colour hand-quilted to follow the dominant curves and seams.
230 x 190cm
Recycled cotton and linen bedsheets and clothing bound with silk.
SOLD