This is a quilted rug, I wanted to include more improvisation and play in my work, and well, here is something I did recently, I really enjoyed it.
The rug consists of 12 squares which are each complete and finished, quilted, washed and then assembled... the filling is a piece of light blue cotton, which shines slightly through occasionally, because each square consists not only of two fabric triangles but also of two knitted triangles (robust wool, normally used for making socks, it's wool 80% and Polyamide 20 %, it's all easy to wash).
I included knitted parts in quilts before, and it's always great fun, because the yarn changes colors frequently, so there is always an element of surprise what happens next...
Dimensions are 70 (fringes included) x 41 cm (27,5" x 16").
Also, I constructed the squares in a way that they are two-sided, that means the rug can be turned and shows then another side:
Here I took a picture of my rug together with a book which is well on its way to become one of my all-time favorite books in my life :
"The Overstory", by Richard Powers.
I am only on page 77 by now, but I already love it dearly. It is about trees and humans. Incredible story, consisting of intertwined stories, very beautifully composed and excellently written.
Here is a quote, I could pick hundreds of great lines already, and I am only at the beginning, the book has 502 pages.
"Things with clean, concise, right answers are antidotes to human existence."
