Louise Naples Quiltmaker

The concept for this quilt came from a package of coffee filters. I ironed them flat, and dumped my scrap bag on the table, and began sewing the strips onto the filters. The filters are practically indestructable, so worked as a strong foundation. After making a dozen or so, I had to decide what to do with them. I tried many backgrounds and settled on a medium grey all-over, but it needed something to pull it all together. So I used my large roll of black bias binding and laid out lines in all directions, and sewed them down. I arranged the circles for balance and color distribution, cut a few down to a smaller size, cut some halves and quarters, and after a few tries, said ‘There!” I stitched them down in raw-edge appliqué, quilted them across the strips, and free motion quilted in all the open spaces. It is a rustic and fun quilt.