Lamu - Indian Ocean

It's a strange thing about my work with textiles over the last twenty years. At first glance my styles come and go. On reconsideration, all the pieces have their roots in the blues.

Lamu, Indian Ocean, was built in 1995. All the gold fabrics of the idiot's braid are fabrics printed and sold for the African trade. The border, with all the gold, shows the reef off the island city of Lamu. The terns fishing on the reef with the thunderheads building for the afternoon storm.

The size is 83" long by 75" wide. It has a wide sleeve and a heavy slat so that it can be hung. It can also be used.

My early quilts were heavily influenced by my relationship with my daughter. When she left home she could burn boiling water. Her laundry skills were comparable. In the years since then she has improved remarkably. I'm quite proud of her achievements.

But the point of all this is that the early quilts began as gifts for grandchildren. I knew that they had to survive an unthinking run through both the washer and the dryer. For what it's worth, my grandson's quilt, L. A. Is Not The Only Jungle, built after his birth in 1988 will be going to the university with him this fall. It has seen all a growing boy can do and it's still the first quilt I ever built. I'll see if I have a picture of it for another blog.