I wanted to share this wonderfully intricate, eye catching and mind filling quilt with you. It is quite large - 96" by 112" and was a real challenge to appropriately quilt. We really wanted to enhance the design elements without taking anything away from the piecing. The center element was trapunto'd since that was the most important part of the design. The challenge of the quilt came in many forms -artistic as well as business. We pride ourselves in really listening to the desires of the client and understanding the person for whom the quilt is intended. In this case, Susie was making it for her sailing husband, and she originally wanted us to quilt it with a sailing motif.
We struggled long and hard, trying to satisfy those needs without compromising the overall beauty of the top. Finally, our artistic sense could not be denied and we met with Susie and her husband to discuss our thoughts. They agreed with us and we delivered our combined vision of the finished quilt to them today.
I guess this conflict over wanting to meet the client's needs and the need for artistic purity has been around forever. Think about Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel versus his patron, Pope Julius II. They had major battles over the design and in the end, 'art' won out. Now, I am in no way comparing our talents with that of the great Renaissance artist, but in some sense, we fought the same battle and won.
Do you think we did the right thing with this quilt?
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