This tile quilt by Carol Jones is another that will be featured at the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild show. Tile quilts resemble the stained glass technique in which a piece of bias is appliqued between patches, but the technique here is different. The white lines are actually the background showing through. The bird shape is appliqued about 1/4" of an inch away from the blue Japanese fabric revealing the background.
See a traditional tile quilt made by Hattie Burdick about 1876. It's in the collection of the International Quilt Study Center and you can see it by clicking here:
http://www.quiltstudy.org/includes/photos/quilt_database/large/1997_007_0163.jpg
http://www.quiltstudy.org/includes/photos/quilt_database/large/1997_007_0163.jpg
Is the term "tile quilt" a historical reference or one being used to categorize a style? Really interesting technique.
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