Above is another quilt--a small one--I began back in the 80's. I spent months and months searching for violet and yellow fabrics--those were definitely not in abundant supply in those days. (Those were the days of peachy pinks and blues; about the only colors that couldn't be found were violets and yellows.)
I had taught several classes on basket quilts for a chain of fabric stores in the Southeast.
Somewhere along the line a woman brought in one of her family basket quilts or tops, and I fell in love with it because of the things it said about the maker; and I decided I wanted one with those idiosyncratic patches.
The maker had used a basket from another quilt, a basket on a five patch grid. For the top of the basket, the "flower" part, she had used one half of an 8-pointed star. Although her blocks were slightly larger, I drafted mine for six-inch blocks.
The stripe around the center was cut from a gray striped print.
Amazing how dated this quilt became in about 25 years. Doesn't fit into my house anymore. I'm no longer teaching quiltmaking classes. It became a Victory Quilt--I would love to know who ends up with it.
Over the last several decades I've made quite a few basket quilts from a variety of baskets. I might need to make another one--but I'll need to narrow down my choices quite a bit first.
Happy quilting......
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