This quilt is a symphony of locally foraged and home grown plant dyed cotton fabric. To assist in the dyeing process the cotton was pre-treated with soymilk in lieu of using a metal salt mordant.

The traditional “Barnraiser” quilt pattern comes alive with the subtle shifting colors contrasting the tannin and iron blacks.

I machine pieced and hand quilted with cotton sashiko thread,

The plants used to dye the fabric include: indigo, sulfur cosmos, madder, and foraged acorns, maple leaf, oak leaf and black walnut with ferrous sulfate modifier. The fabric was pre-treated with soy milk in lieu of an alum mordant.

SIZE: 82in X 108in