Journal Quilts – May to August | Cloud CouCou Crafts

At the beginning of this year I joined the UK Quilter’s Guild and signed up for the Journal Quilt challenge.

Each month I create a mini quilt that will form part of a collection of 12.

There are obviously many, many things I could have taken my inspiration from, but I have always been a little obsessed with the stuff that surrounds us.

Key points of inspiration:

wabi sabi
beauty in the every day
learning to love my horrible house!

Quite vague …yes, but to be exact this is the teeny tiny details in mundane everyday things. Therefore rather than focussing on distant dreamlands (which are easy to love) I decided to consider the little worlds waiting to be discovered in what may seem quite ugly household features.

This lovely bit of skirting board flipped round with a little imagination became this……

And these poorly photographed mirrored tiles…..

Led to this……

And some sketchbook work

sketchbook mountain For May to August I wanted to try a bit of applique so added some little dome shapes, which was nice to try.

Thinking of using some EPP for the last ones based on our quite spectactular fireplace that I’m drawn to. Here it is in all its blurry glory!!

Hoping to get started on something sooner rather than later!!

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8 thoughts on “Journal Quilts – May to August”

It seems to me you are doing rather well! Look forward to seeing the next pieces. And the Conference Weekend will be in Llandudno in 2016, you know! Val Shields

This is a great idea and your journal entries are quite beautiful. Nice job.

Very interesting

I love how your view of things translates into quilted projects….very, very cool!

Very nice. Inspiration can be found any where. I like that you choose to find it in your home.

what an interesting subject! I would never have thought of something like that, and seeing the pieces at the top of the post, I had no idea what they were, I thought they were improv. Great job!