Can you help me with my Art Quilts?

The only medieval quilt from Sweden of which I am aware is an applique woolen quilt.

this may not be Swedish and I could be mis-membering) I have more and better pics of the upper left quilt which is the original. They are saved on my hard drive and I can email them to you. There is also a style of medieval quilting that involves trapunto (stuffing in some areas between two layers of fabric). Modern trapunto means extra stuffing and the background is uniformly stuffed with a batting, but medieval trapunto is more like ... oh the word evades me. But it's stuffing only in parts, sometimes done by sewing yarn through channels and sometimes by parting warp and weft to stuff. The example that I have done is illustrated and explained in detail here: I am hopeful that I will get to make another one soon. But this may inspire you as well. This quilt was 100% linen with wool batting.

Isn't there SCA in Sweden too? Or just not convenient to you? There is a Medieval Quilting Yahoo group, to which I also belong. Um, yeah, I'm SCA too.

-georg

ska THL George Anne Æthelmearc

Georg skrev:

Thanks for the link!!! Yes, it is Swedish.

I have more

Yes, please do!

I am more taking medieval as my source of inspiration than necessarily trying to make authentic reproductions. I would like to celebrate our town's history among other things. For example, I've made art quilts of local historic sites, etc. Since I "ain't from these here parts," in some ways I have a greater appreciation for Ulricehamn's local history. Typically, people don't take their own local history so seriously since it is always there in the background. Harri has commented many times that he never thought about various local landmarks until I asked him about them! :-)

Not convenient to me, unfortunately.

Our kommun (like a county in the U.S.) is holding some events but the people involved are *very* disorganized. On the other hand I belong to an artist's group that puts-on a 3-day art event every spring. Our event is very well-organized (because we work our backsides off!) and I would love to have some suggestions for things we can do as individual artists and/or as a group that would help celebrate our anniversary.

Thanks for your reply; I will definitely read your research!

Erin museumbitch at yahoo.com

Isn't it ever thus? I would not expect you to want to replicate medieval quilts, or even do anything in the "medieval style," but it's a good place to start. Knowing where we have been is a wonderful jump off point.

Most places have heraldic animals associated... is there a coat of arms or animal associated with Ulricehamn? Perhaps creating a round medallion of it on countercharged cloth would work, as the Swedish quilt is.

The joy of the Tristan and Isolde quilts is that they tell a pictoral story. Is there a story in the founding of the town? Or particular land marks? Or just scenes that you may want to do either in the round medalion, or in the pictoral style?

Let me see, what other examples do I have lying about...

Quilted hats:

Quilted doublet (later than your time aimed for but within SCA period) A Quilted cushion that Jane would envy: Another SCA article on the Tristan and Isolde quilts and trapunto technique and materials: Hope this helps,

-georg

Georg skrev:

If you go to

can see the provincial coat of arms (county is NOT a goodtranslation of land, btw) Blazon: "Per bend sinister Sable and Or, aLion rampant counterchanged langued and armed Gules between two MulletsArgent in the Sable field." At you cansee a (rather bad) image of Ulricehamns coat of arms. I used it asinspiration for an Art Quilt I made several years ago for the annualUlricehamn's Picture Contest. V=E4sterg=F6tland was an ancient Swedish kingdom where most of the events in Jan Guillou's Crusades Trilogy take place. It certainly won't hurt to work-in a bit of "Arn feeling" into my exhibit!

Erin p=2Es.

you haven't read the Trilogy, I would definitely recommend it!!!