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Persian rug quilt inspiration

Among the many joys of being a quilter is never being at a loss for a wedding gift. A cousin will be married in September. I asked him and his bride for direction in what they'd like in their wedding quilt. I told them that I like to work in color schemes that are new to me and that I like to know what sorts of things they like-- even if I'm unable to deliver exactly. They said that they like blues, purples, greys, and pastels. They went on to say that Persian and Jewish textile traditions would be a good area to look into.

Picture me rubbing my hands together in glee. Goody, a new tradition to explore.

Today I started googling and can't believe my good luck. Get a load of this webpage:

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at random. Talk about inspiration! The stuff is amazing. Imagine basing quilts on those rugs! I've said that I have neither interest nor ability to copy anything exactly, but can you imagine quilts designed with that basic intricacy, with those borders? I'm drooling.

I'm also thinking that a blue, purple, grey, and pastel bargello might be nice. I've never done a bargello but understand they're easy and impressive.

Or a blue and grey jewel box. I've done jewel boxes before and have a stack of 5" blue and purple charms to use up.

--Lia

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Julia Altshuler
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Lia, I agree that the Persian rugs are to drool for. A good friend who is an incredible quilter has designed a quilt that will be in the style of a Persian rug. She has drawn out the design on grid paper, carefully matching design elements and the like. It's incredibly involved and intricate. Would make me crazy. But she is collecting Oriental design fabrics and sort of metallics to use eventually for that.

I just love to look at the colors and the way the rugs aren't afraid to be big and bold and filled with lots of color. Makes a quilter think.......

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Sunny

What beautiful patterns. Good luck having something done by September...a real challenge!

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Boca Jan

Oh no, not by September. They know perfectly well I haven't started on it yet. Another cousin's son married last August. That quilt is done except for the label and sleeve. It will be in the mail before their first anniversary. I'm no stickler for arbitrary dates like the day of the wedding.

--Lia

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Julia Altshuler

A suggestion for some fabric that might prove useful in such a quilt: Kauffman's Florentine II collection, which is probably easiest to show you here: or

and Kaufmann's own page at:

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I have a box of goodies from the first Florentine collection waiting for me to turn them into an "oriental carpet" quilt... I'm thinking applique for mine but this was Kauffman's sample quilt:
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Kay

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Kay Lancaster

Those are gorgeous...! Perfect for kaleidoscope quilts that Paula Nadelstern is famous for . Mary

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MB

When I read a post for the first time, I often skim quickly and go straight to the links. So the word "Florentine" didn't register with me at first. Then I saw the fabrics and wondered what went wrong. Why was my computer taking me to the fabrics I'd been looking at a few weeks ago when thinking about another quilt? Then I went back, and FLORENTINE stood out in the headlights. (In French cooking, florentine is an indication that the dish will contain spinach/epinards.)

Yup, that's the one. I was thinking about the intricate stripes for the quilt that has interlocking stripes. Those fabrics would be perfect for one based on Persian rugs.

--Lia

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Julia Altshuler

i just love Robert Kaufmann....they have great fabric selections. Good luck on those quilts.

i'm really glad to see i'm not the only one not bound by deadlines. quilting should be fun and relaxing. it's not a race!

amy in CNY

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amy in CNY

What a great source! Makes me think of that book by Paula Nadelstern, as well as Jinny Beyer's book on soft piecing (is that right? soft applique?) making use of semi-kaleidoscope cuts. Bargello is lots of fun, plenty of reward for little effort. I recently used Marge Edie's "New Slant on Bargello", simple and pretty good directions, although I did not follow them too precisely. Another technique this reminds me of is the unequal log cabin blocks, where you use different strip widths to achieve th illusion of curves, e.g. "Log Cabin in the Round". Roberta in D

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Roberta Zollner

I have the Edie book too. Right now, I'm leaning towards for this quilt.

--Lia

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Julia Altshuler

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