A Quilt For January

Size - approx 47" x 47"

My first quilt of 2025, A Quilt For January aims to balance the bareness and bitter cold of the month with its quiet stillness and simple beauty. The color palette is inspired by the landscape in the Hudson Valley at this time of year - snowy with leafless trees and clear blue skies. 

In January, I am not naturally dyeing much fabric as I prefer to do this in the warmer months when I can be outside. I started the year by organizing all the leftover fabrics I had in my studio and used many of them to create this quilt. It is made from a mix of natural fiber textiles, some hand dyed (walnut, tara and indigo) and others not. 

The back of the quilt is an improvised mix of fabrics, a marigold-like yellow, cream white and a light green and white stripe. The front and back were machine pieced, meaning the patchwork is machine sewn. The quilting, meaning the stitches running throughout, is done by hand with cotton sashiko thread in 1" rows. Hand quilting is a very laborious and time consuming process but the impact of the hand stitches cannot be mimicked with a machine.

The quilt binding is made from a neutral color fabric and is also hand sewn. 

This lightweight quilt has 100% cotton batting. I am able to add a hanging sleeve to the back of the quilt if it will be used a display piece.