I sneaked off to my mother-in-law's house yesterday morning and used her sewing machine. I checked a book out form the library, Patchwork, Quilting, and Applique by Linda Steward. An older book, copyright 1987, but I recommend it for variety of techniques covered and step-by-step instructions. Anyway, it has a section on Seminole Patchwork, and I've been wanting to try it, and I have a friend who just got married, and I wanted to make her something.
Since I've been rechecking the book, and am now out of renewals, I knew I needed to get this done pretty soon.
Seminole patchwork is a lot like the common quilting technique of strip piecing, except it gets a lot more intricate and the sections are offset to get diagonal designs. It was developed by the Seminole tribes in Florida during the early part of the 20th century, and traditionally is used on clothing more than in bedding or quilts. The history is interesting, but too lengthy to go into here. See the link above.
There is a tutorial for a simple Seminole patchwork project here.
2 comments:
That blue one is really striking.
Thanks for the suggestion on my blog, looking for the cake plate pattern led me to look at patterns for way too long!
Love them Amanda.
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