Basket Project – 2018-19

It started with a gift exchange at Rochester Modern Quilt Guild. We were to make a small container or basket to exchange with other members at our January meeting. Here’s the one I made for the exchange:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The interior fabric is from Mali, and the handles are riveted-on leather tabs. The pattern I found was so great, I also used it to make some Christmas gifts.

These went to my sister-in-law and husband, to coordinate with her MacKenzie-Childs collection. Handles were made from the same fabric as the binding, with wire inserts.

These cat-themed baskets were gifts for my daughter, again with the riveted leather tabs.

The pattern was designed by Anna Graham of Noodle Head Designs and can be accessed at:  http://www.robertkaufman.com/assets/pdf/Baskets.pdf I changed the dimensions of the fish bowl basket here, and the Mali-lined one above, by reducing the square fabrics and innerfacings to 12-1/2″ but still used the larger dart template.  It makes a great size.

If you decide to try out this, please send me a photo of what you’ve made. I’d love to see it!

 

Mock Kenzie Table Topper – 2013

Mock Kenzie Table Topper – 40 x 40

After accumulating materials for several years, I was finally able in 2013 to finish this card table cover that mimics some signature motifs of a locally produced majolica: black and white checks, orange and yellow stripes, a floral on a dark background, plaid, tassels in the corners, green and purple trim, pale green marble, local architecture painted in an oval . . . everything but their thistles.

Mock Kenzie Main Field

Since the pottery company’s lake house views are copyrighted, I used some computer magic to transfer a painting of our own cottage to cloth. It tops a removable hot pad. The pink Kaffe Fassett fabric gives the whole design a fun kick.

Here is the original painting, done by a cousin in a row boat, probably in the 1930s. He omitted many trees to show the cottage.

Mock Kenzie Original Cottage Painting