Using custom, screen-printed fabric, Gretchen Carder (quilter) and Alyssa Solomon (printer/fabric designer) embarked on a collaborative quilt project. Alyssa's large-scale patterns and fluorescent colors fueled our vision to transform 14" Japanese kimono cotton into a modern-traditional snowball quilt. The project features four different custom-printed fabric patterns. The graphic design is reminiscent of the unbelievably bold Dazzle Camouflage (or razzle dazzle painting) used on WWI battleships. Notably, the quilt glows under black light, thanks to the fluorescent orange ink. Our collaboration challenges the constraints of commercially available quilting cottons. We aim to inspire fellow quilters to craft their own fabric in order to play with pattern scale and color. Our quilt is a testament to the power of creative collaboration.
