Apple
Peel and Onion Rings December 2014
Close
to the village is the mountainous area called the Cevennes made
famous in Robert Louis Stevenson's book Travels with a Donkey 1879, a
journey one can still make today. The Cevennes is famous for its
chestnuts, and also for apple growing and the production of large
sweet onions. Many of the local recipes are based on these
ingredients.
Using
a halved apple and onion I printed with fabric paint onto hand dyed
cotton. These were than quilted, leaving a space for one to be only
quilted.
I
have really enjoyed making these six small quilts which feature
produce from around our village in France. We have now sold our house
there and are returning to live in England, so the quilts will be a
momento of that time.
Well, on wet, cold and dull days in England your lovely vibrant quilts from the south of France should remind you of lovely warm memories of your time out there.
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