Carol Gilham Jones lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with her sweetheart,
Charles, and their dogs, Sumo and Grace. Carol and Bobbi Finley had
the good fortune of meeting at a San Francisco Bay Area quilting
retreat in 1990. The friendship that grew out of their meeting soon
included working together on quilts, despite their geographic
distance. After collaborating on many quilt projects over the
years, they wrote their first book together, Tile Quilt Revival:
Reinventing a Forgotten Form, which was published by C&T
Publishing in 2010.
Carol's quilts have twice appeared on the cover of the magazine
Quilters Newsletter and in many other publications, including Judi
Warren Blaydon's Collage+Cloth=Quilt, published by C&T
Publishing in 2010. In 2004 and 2005, a quilt Carol made with Bobbi
and Georgann Eglinski traveled throughout Japan in the exhibition
Japanese Imagery in One Hundred Quilts, which featured the work of
75 artists from Japan and 25 from other countries.
Tile Quilt Revival by by Carol Gilham Jones & Bobbi Finley. I've
always been drawn to murals made out of tiles and this quilt book
is right there to satisfy my predeliction for them. This type of
quilt was popular in the 19th Century. The ones in the book use
contemporary fabrics to modernize this charming quilting tradition
that I was not aware of. Oh, I've seen some quilts that look like
mosaics, but these look more like tile when you browse the 6
projects they include. I look forward to making a tile quilt in the
near future. If you've seen one or two, tell me about it. I'd like
to learn more about these beauties.--April 2, 2010
It looked like something I've been thinking about since seeing
these curtains on the Anthropologie website. I have been thinking
about making them since the summer but, just never had the energy.
My next thought was to make a quilt using the same idea because I
do not have good warm blankets. Well, I only have one. When I saw
the Anthropologie curtain I knew immediately where the motifs came
from. I have two books with them inside. The Tile Quilt Revival
book took my idea to another thought because it suggests drawing a
picture, cutting out the different shapes and leaving space between
them. C&T has it so you can see a preview of the book. If you
are in the market for a new reference book I recommend this book. I
like to work with large pieces which is why the Anthropologie
curtain appealed to me. I put it all together and came up with
this.--Brandy Wine, 12/5/09 "12/5/09 "
Jones and Finley are bringing back an old technique in Tile Quilt
Revival. Applique is placed, leaving margins between the pieces
like tile grout or stained glass. Think needle-turn applique or
simple fusing.--. "American Quilt Retailer, January 1, 2010 "
These beautiful pieces have a stained-glass look, but lighter and
airier. Construction-wise, instead of leading applied over the raw
edges of the shapes, these shapes are finished with turned edges,
and the background is left exposed to create the spaces between
shapes. Tile Quilt Revival: Reinventing a Forgotten Form is Carol
and Bobbi's fascinating, educational, and inviting book that
reintroduces this unique and somewhat obscure form of applique
quilt. Tile quilts are explained this way: Traditional tile quilts.
are constructed with small pieces of cotton fabric appliqued in a
random manner to a white background, leaving a narrow space between
the pieces; this white space serves as the grout between the tiles
or mortar between the pavers or stones. The books starts out with a
brief history of tile quilts, with great photos showing examples
from the past. Then comes a section on how to make a tile quilt,
reinterpreted for today. When I read the following, the heavens
opened up and I heard the heavenly choir! The tile quilt technique,
with its large and simple shapes, creates an ideal showcase for
bold, contemporary fabrics. Interesting, large-scale prints are
will suited for the tile pieces. If you've ever found yourself
admiring some of the daring prints now available but wondering how
to use them, a tile quilt is an idea project for putting them to
good use. Hallelujah! I have a tub of fabrics in my stash labeled
Modern that has been. well. sitting there. Now my daring prints
have a destiny! The techniques used in the book are so simple
they're ingenious! No need to consider seam allowances, to reverse
patterns, or to figure out where to place the pieces. Another
really great thing about this book is that it has fantastic
applique instructions.--. "All About Applique, March 3, 2010 "
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