Honey Bee Variation Quilt – 1948

This double-sized quilt was made in 1948 by my great-grandmother Rose Brown Tague, using solid cottons.

Honey Bee Variation Quilt

There are two alternating blocks: the pink and purple block with solid pieced center and appliqued bee wings and bodies; and the pieced snowball block with green corners. Daisy-like flowers are quilted in the snowballs.

 

Honey Bee Variation Detail

Grandma Rose added a serpentine border, turning the bee shapes into leaves.

Honey Bee Variation Border Corner Detail

Now owned by B J Bower.

Opening the Lotus – 2012

This was a new design using the classic clam shell or fish scale shape.

Opening the Lotus (c) 2012

Fabrics used include all colorways of Kaffe Fassett’s “Lotus Leaf” and “Lake Blossom” patterns, as well as a lotus design by Jay Yang. Colors progress from bottom to top through the chakras.

Marking the quilting pattern – Opening the Lotus

Hand appliqued, machine quilted.

Close detail of Opening the Lotus

Center Detail – Opening the Lotus

Clear beads suggest water caught on top of the leaves.

Lotus Leaves in the Cove with Water Beads