A year ago I bought a clothes rack for $15 on Amazon. When it arrived I felt it was smaller than what I wanted. I was too lazy to ship it back, these days that costs a lot of money. So I stuck it in the back of a closet. Today I decided to pull it out. It won’t fit a full size quilt, but I can drape quilts over it in an artistic manner.
We have a holiday party in Dec, I can even use this as a coatrack!
It folds down to this size. Which is fine for me to store. Luckily I have plenty of storage space.
First I pulled out my latest finish, the red and white.
View from the back.
Then I added the blue and white I finished last year. I’m sort of on a journey to make traditional quilts not so traditional. Red and White, blue and white, very traditional colors.
Together, these two are a patriotic duo.
My granddaughters quilt is growing rapidly. It was fun to photograph it on this rack.
I mentioned in a previous post how grape colors were the basis of the quilt. Of course I’m not being literal and only using these colors. But if you look at the quilt, you will see black, red, purple, different shades of green as well as yellow. This is what color inspiration is all about. So no blue, no turquoise or brown. although clearly grapes grow on vines that have brown.
The grape colored baby blanket is growing. I’m at the easy stage, just plain old stockinette. Then I’ll repeat the border and add two garter borders along the edges. She will have it long before it gets cold.
Did I mention that I am not washing the red and white (one of these days I’ll come up with a name and a label)? I used some of these fabrics in another quilt, I didn’t pre-wash and they bled. So This quilt will not be washed. Unfortunately I got an oil smudge, I think it might have been from the sewing machine. Anyway, Thank God for good friends. Ruth told me to spot remove it. I even have Grandmas spot remover, which is what she recommended.
It worked beautifully!! Hallelujah!
Leah