Custom Wool Quilt

Barbara Cribb’s Four Seasons wool quilt. (Charlotte Ekker Wiggins photo)

Custom Wool Handmade Quilt

So before anyone is prompted to ask, we didn’t make this lovely custom wool handmade quilt. One of our quilter’s finished the handmade quilt for the marker with hand quilting so I’m here to celebrate this lovely work of art.

The queen-size handmade quilt features the four seasons all interpreted in wool fabrics. That’s right, not cotton but wool, a first for us in the 23 years we’ve been in business.

Don’t those robin eggs in a nest make you smile? (Charlotte Ekker Wiggins photo)

For those of you interested in the design, it was made by Barbara Cribb of Wild Thymes Pattern Company out of Bozeman, Montana. Phone: 406-586-1235.

This beaded sunflower is stunning. (Charlotte Ekker Wiggins photo)

The use of wool adds an interesting dimension to this lovely handmade quilt. Not only is it heavy, but the details have some interesting additions. Flower petals, for example, have button centers and that sunflower is full of beads forming the center.

The beautiful handquilting seen on the back of the quilt. (Charlotte Ekker Wiggins photo)

Now we were privileged to see this work because one of our quilters finished the handmade quilt with hand quilting. And not just any hand quilting, she used a thicker thread as recommended to compliment the overall design. Her work is easily visible on the back side of the custom wool handmade quilt.

Love the delicate fabric butterflies on this lovely custom wool quilt. (Charlotte Ekker Wiggins photo)

I know this is designed to be a bed cover but I sure would be tempted to use is as a wall hanging so I could enjoy the work all year long!

Charlotte

Birdhouse Buttons Handmade Custom Quilts

This miniature custom handmade quilt features tiny birdhouses with button doorways. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Birdhouse Buttons Handmade Custom Quilts

It’s about that time at Bluebird Gardens. Birds visit my garage to let me know it’s time to get the birdhouse real estate back out into the garden.

It’s a little early for hummingbirds, the scouts should be arriving April 1. Bluebirds, though, will start the first of their three nestings this month so I finished making repairs and got the last of the birdhouses outside with their vacancy signs.

The process reminded me of these charming miniature custom handmade quilts featured at the Piece and Plenty Quilt Guild in Rolla last year. The miniature quilts are really tiny - 15 inches by 15 inches. You will get a better sense of the size of the patchwork piecing is looking at the birdhouse button sizes. Those buttons average 1/4 inch!

The other charming detail of Judy Fox’s bluebird blue miniature custom handmade quilt are the two bird buttons she added to one corner. Looks like tenants are getting ready to move in.

Tiny bird buttons add a special touch to this custom handmade quilt. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

There wasn’t a story included with this custom handmade quilt but the information confirms how tiny these patchwork birdhouses are.

This custom handmade quilt story shares the size, 15 inches by 15 inches. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

I thought this tiny miniature custom handmade quilt was charming. Between the blue fabric colors and the bird buttons, it was something that caught my eye.

So did this version of the same miniature custom handmade quilt design only in purple and chartreuse fabrics.

Birdhouse buttons custom handmade quilt in purples and chartreuse. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

What caught my attention with this custom handmade miniature quilt was how tiny red buttons were added, see them?

It truly is amazing how quilters use fabrics as they would paints, each custom handmade quilt becoming a tiny work of art!

Charlotte