Background

27/11/2012 - I was researching quilt making for a novel and decided I had to make one myself. After practicing on a couple of cushion covers, I made this lap quilt, using fabrics I'd collected from forays into quilt shops in the US and UK. All is hand pieced, hand sewn, hand quilted - I don't have a machine, plus I wanted to experience what my quilting character would have. It took about a year to make..

• Contributor: Tracy Chevalier

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<div style='width:420px;padding:0 33px 23px 48px;background:#fff;'><h2 style='margin:0 0 42px;padding:0;'><img src='http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/quilts-test//images/backgrounds/top_embed.gif' alt='V&A' /></h2><h1 style='margin:0 0 47px;padding:0;'><a href='http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/quilts/detail/1757/Tracys_First_Quilt' style='display:block;width:290px;background:url(http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/quilts-test//images/titles/va_quilts.gif);text-indent:-9999em;height:67px;'>Quilt of Quilts</a></h1><div style='width:420px;'><img src='http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/quilts-test//uploads/quilt/l_135452967880.jpg' alt='Tracy's First Quilt' style='margin-bottom:12px;' /><h2 style='font-size:24px;color:#999;margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Arial;'>Tracy's First Quilt</h2><p style='font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:#999;margin:5px 0 10px;padding:0;'>View this quilt on the V&A website</p><a href='http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/quilts/detail/1757/Tracys_First_Quilt' style='display:block;float:right;padding:7px 7px 5px;background:#0e5a77;color:#fff;font:bold 18px Arial;text-decoration:none;'>http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/quilts/detail/1757/Tracys_First_Quilt</a><div style='clear:both'></div></div></div>

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