"All Things Bright and Beautiful" 
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By Melanie Cottam
- Size: 72" W x 82" L
- Entry #1100-001, Hand Quilting, All Sizes Category
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Awards
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- Third Place in Hand Quilting, All Sizes Category
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Comments
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One Austin summer morning granddaughter Ginger and I watched Swallowtails gather honey from a Texas Willow. Her love of nature inspired the quilt. A cluster of stained glass hangings helped organize my thoughts and gave me the idea for the Hummingbird panel. The Robin is from a beloved 1942 children's book. All other panels are original. Ginger suggested favorite familiar birds. I studied the detail of flora and fauna in identification books. Then turning books upside down, I drew on the right side of my brain and enlarged the pictures. The flower border represents land, the next represents sea, and the inner most border sky. I am 70 years old and have Fuch's Dystrophy so quilted in a hoop close to my eyes with a very bright light over my shoulder. It took a year and a half working an average of five hours a day. The fabric selection was such fun. I collected from many shops. I also learned art techniques while studying the details of the creatures. It was a total joy to make this quilt.
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Techniques
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Hand Appliqué, Hand Quilting, Hand Embroidery, Machine Piecing, Embellishment (yo yos), trapunto
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Design Source
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Original Design, Book (Robin panel design after a picture in a 1942), Other Design Source (Hummingbird panel inspired by stained glass.)
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