09/08/2010

  • Another Wedding quilt

    Before I left for Cambodia I made a quilt for a sweet cousin "M" and her beloved... Now this quilt has a bit of sweet nostalgia, as the batik center piece was nearly 25 years old. In 1985 I went to Mussoori, India to help out my auntie and uncle in the last month of "her confinement" and the first month of baby "M"s journey. Here's a pict from that time... and a chai stall I think is lovely. Baby "M" is in the snugglie with her daddy.

     
    At that time a fabric-seller (fabric-wallah) stopped by their apartment and I bought a piece I though would make a lovely pillow. I had my Dad in mind as he loved peacock blue ink for fountain pens and it was the national bird of India. This is the Peacock Batik

    edit  (Peacock: As a symbol of immortality (even St. Augustine believed the peackock's flesh to have "antiseptic qualities" and that it didn't corrupt), the peacock became a symbol of Christ and the Resurrection. Its image embellished everything from the Catacombs to everyday objects, like lamps, especially in early Romanesque and Byzantine churches.)
    Below is a slide show of the whole quilt and a link of the quilt at it's new home.