The Iowa Landscape Quilt #1 is inspired the bright summer skies above corn and soybean fields in Iowa, my home state. It gradates between dark blue, bright blue, light grayish blue, and salmon at the top and between light gray, dark brown/gray, light yellow and dark yellow at the bottom. This particular quilt has 35 different hand dyed fabrics in it. I use a very scientific method of dyeing my fabric based on weight of fabric and weight of dye to get accurate, reproducible results with minimal dye waste.
Materials and Care:
I use the highest quality quilter's cotton for my quilt tops, backs, and binding. The batting is Warm & Natural needled cotton, made with no chemicals, glues, or resins.
I use fiber reactive MX dyes on my cotton. The resulting colors are wash fast and relatively light fast, but should be kept out of direct sunlight.
My quilts are all machine washable and pre-shrunk. The dyes are color fast which means they won't bleed onto anything else and they won't run in the wash. Machine was cool water, tumble dry low. They can be ironed if you like a smooth quilt, but I like them fresh out of the dryer - all fluffy and warm.
Custom Orders:
Love this quilt but want it in a different size? I can't guarantee that colors will be exactly the same from quilt to quilt - that is the nature of hand-dyeing fabric. However, I can come very close and each quilt remains one of a kind.
Crib/Lap = $300
Twin = $600
Double/Queen = $800
King = $1000
Want to hang it on the wall? Let me know and I'll sew a sleeve on the back.
Have any questions?
Contact the shop owner.
