I signed up to participate in a fun quilt challenge sponsored by Bad Ass Quilters Society. There were two color ways to chose from and I chose Blood, Bone, Steel & Fire, these were the only fabrics we could use in our mini quilt.
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| Sorry this is on its side! These are the fabrics. |
The theme (in case you haven't figured) was Game of Thrones. I wanted to focus on the Starks of Winterfell and their Sigil or shield, the grey Dire Wolf.
The Starks have not had a good run, so one of the themes for my mini quilt is the horrific turn in the scene called
'The Red Wedding'
'The Red Wedding'
The Dire Wolf and blood are lightly fused, the flying geese are pieced and I traced the quote (by Jon Snow, the bastard Stark) with a light box and I will fill in the letters with quilting.
Under the quote and the Sigil is an extra layer of batting to add dimension. I quilted around the Sigil and blood before trimming the batting around the dire wolf head.
This could be the beginning of a mini quilt wall of all the Game of Thrones families.
'Starks of Winterfell'
18"x 18" mini quilt
Aurifil thread for quilting, a bit of metallic thread thrown in
**Edited - I feel I should explain for avid Game of Thrones fans, I realize the quote I have used is from the Nights Watch, not the Stark family. However, Jon Snow is a Stark (although a bastard member) and a member of the Nights Watch. This is an interpretation of the Starks, there is no blood on the Sigil of the Stark family, and their motto is "Winter is Coming". I imagined Jon Snow's feelings finding out that his family had been brutally murdered, and unable to avenge them due to his duty to the Watch. I wanted to include Jon in my interpretation of the family.
