Woodpile Quilt

Date: 2000 to 2004
Location: Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada

Woodpile Quilt

Made by Karen Carter - 2000-2004

Size: 54” wide X 66 ½” long

This was a Mystery Quilt Project put together by Four Corners Quilter's Guild members, Nicole Bennallick and Elaine Wood in 2000-2001.

Instructions were handed out in three parts over the course of three months to make different units for the quilt top. We could not receive the next instalment until we showed the completed assignment at Show & Tell.

It is always difficult to choose fabrics for a mystery project and you must hope that the values for placement in the pieces will show up. I wanted to get out of my comfort zone by not choosing a neutral background. I used the complimentary colour scheme of red and green.

It was exciting to see all the different colour combinations being revealed each month. When the units were assembled, it exposed the stars floating across the surface. I wished I had switched the colours around so that I would have had red stars instead of green stars. The only thing I did not like about the quilt, as you can see in the group display, was the blocks that spilled into the border. I ripped them out of the borders and rebuilt some new units, so that they used the border fabric for their backgrounds (that is why you always buy a little extra fabric). Then I LOVED it!

My quilt top was only a flimsy for the guild's quilt show in 2003. As always, I struggle with the decision of what design to quilt. It was hand quilted with green thread for a few months in early 2004 - a spinning design in the stars, a basket weave in the background, and piano keys in the border. Flannel fabric was used for the backing which made it difficult to quilt, but it turned out rather nice.

An extra block was made to make the label, which was appliqued to the back.

It is so cozy to curl up under while watching TV.