bauhaus quilt

I made my sister (and her new husband!) a quilt.

The inspiration was a picture I tore out of my Time magazine last year, from an article on the Bauhaus exhibit at MOMA.



It's a glass piece from Josef Albers. I tried sketching my own interpretations of the design, but as it turns out, I'm not a famous Bauhaus artist and none of my versions were nearly as cool. so I did a pretty literal take.

I chose a blue as the accent color, using my big Kona color card.



the back design is my own. it's not quite what I had in mind when I started, but it's close.


I debated about what color to quilt it with as I didn't want to mess up the color blocking of the design. After consultation with my mom, I decided to use invisible thread on the front and black in the bobbin, in a parallel line pattern.



Inspired by a deadline (the wedding!), I also managed to put it all together in four days. Finishing it in time is good motivation to tackle some of my other works in progress and try to finish them up.