Added: Jun 04, 2007
Name of Pattern or Block | Loose Roos |
Owned By | Padma Jayaprabhu & Naveen Radhakrishnan |
Name of Maker | Lyn Duhig (lduhig) |
Name of Quilter | Lyn Duhig (lduhig) |
Year Made | 2001 |
Year Made is: | Certain |
Located in City | Chennai |
Located in Country | IN |
Condition of Quilt | Excellent |
Design Source | Purchased Pattern |
Design Source - Published In | Loose Roos |
Design Source - Pattern Name | Dyed and Gone to Heaven |
Design Source - Description |
Machine pieced hand dyed cotton wallhanging quilt with hand dyed cotton fusible applique, hand embroidered including "A few kangaroos loose in the top paddock" text. (Australian slang for someone who is a bit scatty or crazy - "He has a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock". Extensive machine quilting with specialty threads - gold for the sunset sky, variegated greens for the paddocks and variegated ochres for the surrounding outback land. |
Genre | Contemporary Quilt |
Quilt Type | Wall Quilt |
Quilt Width | 40 |
Quilt Height | 40 |
Measurement In: | Inches |
Fabric Used | 100% Cotton Hand-dyed/Hand Painted |
Construction Technique | Piecing and Applique |
Piecing By | Machine |
Applique by | None |
Types of Quilting | Quilted on domestic machine |
Embellishments | Hand Embroidery, Other |
Embellishments - Other Desc. | Jute twine couched for fencing wire around paddock |
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