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The Cape Cod Connection presentsMOTHER'S QUILTWORKSA Sample of Quilts by Elizabeth Volpicelli |
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Here is a sample of some of the work I have been doing lately. Another 
quilt has recently been added! All the quilts shown here were either done as gifts or were commisioned. Inquiries are always welcome.
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 Amish Diamond in a Square 25"X23" 1,230 pieces Larger view, JPEG, 42K Photo courtesy of Thomas F. Cronin |
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This quilt is a miniature of a traditional Amish pattern, roughly a 1 to 4 ratio. The 2-inch blocks are called "Diamond in a Square," and are usually 8" to 12" square in a bed-size quilt. Often, one square alone may comprise a full size quilt. The blocks are set in a 1/2-inch red sashing with 1/2-inch black corner squares. The frame is a 1/4-inch black border, a 1/2-inch red border and then a 3- to 4-inch black border, to bring the dimensions to 25" by 23". The top is unquilted, because of the small size of the pieces. They are simply too small to quilt in any meaningful way. (cont'd) | |
 Navajo Log Cabin 24"X24" 1,256 pieces Larger view, JPEG, 64K Photo courtesy of Thomas F. Cronin |
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| This miniature, Navajo Log Cabin, was inspired by a museum quilt, a bed-size quilt made of lush silks and velvets, on display in the New York State Museum. The original quilt is composed of traditional log cabin blocks, arranged in a very unusual setting. The arrangement has intrigued me for a number of years, and the making of this miniature is the culmination of extensive mindplay over the geometry and illusion in the design. (cont'd) | |
 Pineapple Madness 28"X28" 3,461 pieces Larger view, JPEG, 60K Photo courtesy of Thomas F. Cronin |
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| Pineapple Madness uses a traditional pineapple block, a variation of the Log Cabin block. Each block is made up of darks and lights, the darks joining with adjacent blocks to form the "Pineapples." The pineapples are formed by an extra set of logs that are laid diagonally across the corners of every row. This creates roughly twice the number of patches as the regular log cabin pattern. You can see how the pineapples become prominent when the blocks are joined together. This quilt uses a center on square and the pineapples are perpendicular to the sides of the blocks. The blocks can also be built with a diamond center and the pineapples on the diagonal, joining at thecorners when assembled. (cont'd) | |
 Storm at Sea 33"X33" 1,905 pieces Larger view, JPEG, 76K Photo courtesy of Thomas F. Cronin |
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Storm at Sea is a traditional quilt pattern. Each block is made up of the three smaller units here, one unit of the first and last and two of the middle one.The arrangement of lights and dark and the different sized triangles that abut each other when the block is assembled create the sensation of motion, or waves and whitecaps. The colors are traditional "Storm" colors, blues and whites, but I strayed from a strict color usage by varying the shades used so the overall effect carries the primary theme of the waves and whitecaps, in addition to the more minute motion from block to block. You can see the rising and falling of the "waves" more clearly in the JPEG image (76K).(cont'd) | |
Photo courtesy of Frederick G. Volpicelli |
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Hexagon Log Cabin Variations is basically an experiment with the Log Cabin concept of laying up strips from a center block, as you would build a log cabin itself. Here I started with an equilateral triangle, which in two steps resolves into a regular hexagon. The strips are all 1/4" in width, and there are thirteen layers around the center triangle.
By playing with the value and color of the strips, I was able to create a piece containing variations on this one block. Even though each of the blocks appears very different from the others (which can be seen more clearly in the larger JPEG image (26K)), the blocks are actually identical structurally...(cont'd) | |
 Twisted Log Cabin 21"X21" 2,606 pieces Larger view, JPEG, 26K Photo courtesy of Frederick G. Volpicelli |
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Twisted Log Cabin is another variation on the Log Cabin basic block. Instead of having regular squares build up from the center square, however, this one turns each square 11 degrees before laying up the next row. Sometimes these log cabin blocks are called skewed log cabins. Each block is 1 1/2" square, and starts out with a center square measuring 3/8". The same technique for sewing log cabin blocks works for this design. Using a paper foundation, the center square is sewn down, with each successive round sewn in order. By varying the color sequence and the value of each round, I was able to create a spiral effect, that alternately appears to snake its way through the design or seems to sink into black holes created by neighboring blocks abutting after being rotated. You can see more of the detail in the JPEG image (26K)...(cont'd) | |
 Scissors 26"X26" 582 pieces Larger view, JPEG, 34K Photo by Elizabeth Volpicelli |
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| The miniature Scissors Quilt you see here uses a pattern that I created from a museum quilt which is in the collection at the Sherbourne Museum. I have never seen a quilt use this particular configuration of triangles and rectangles anywhere else. The basic block is built in such a way that that you can only see the scissors emerge when you have assembled adjacent blocks. You can see more of the detail of the units in this larger JPEG image (34K)...(cont'd) | |
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