Sandra Donabed's Vintage Fabric Art Quilts
Planing and collecting fabrics for quilts is half the fun of creating. Being inspired by a piece of fabric is like the chicken and the egg. Does the fabric inspire the quilt or does the quilt call out for a certain color or pattern of fabric?
Quilt artist Sandra Donabed creates quilts using vintage tablecloths as her inspiration.
I love looking at them and discovering what treasures she has cleverly included in her quilt designs.
Here are two fabulous quilts from her twin series. Sandra says "And
I now have a fascination with twins (for no particular reason) and I've used
old quilts, quilt tops, and tablecloths for both of these":
Leadville Twins
Parallax
Patterns
I
hope you are as engaged by Sandra's wonderful quilts as I am. Check out
her website to view even more of her creative art quilts. www.sandydonabed.com.
If you would like to try creating your own vintage fabric art quilts, summer yard sales and flea markets are a great source of material. Two of my favorite places are the Brimfield Flea Market www.brimfieldshow.com in Brimfield MA and the Vintage Fashion and Textile show www.VintageFashionAndTextileShow.com in Sturbridge MA. Both are happening in early July. Consider devoting a whole weekend to shop both events you won't be disappointed.
If Western Mass is not in your neck of the woods drop me a note to share some of your local finds or vintage fabric creations!
If Western Mass is not in your neck of the woods drop me a note to share some of your local finds or vintage fabric creations!
Happy Quilting,
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