Intergalactic Quilts by Jimmy McBride

We’ll go ahead and say it because we just can’t help ourselves: these colorful solar system-inspired quilts by artist Jimmy McBride are totally out of this world.

The outer space subject matter feels contemporary, but is also rooted in quilting history. They remind us of a wonderful example of a solar system quilt that we recently spotted on the Smithsonian’s website, used as a visual aid for lectures on astronomy in the nineteenth century.

The quilts are available from Jimmy McBride’s Etsy shop, stellarquilts, and though they aren’t cheap (prices range from $1,000-2,000), when we consider that they are handmade works of art that would also keep us toasty, they seem well worth saving up our pennies for.

www.jimmymcbride.com

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Probably the coolest quilts I've seen and worth the investment.

posted by callmecath on October 19th 2009 at 2:33pm
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I don't know if I could stomach the cost as opposed to thinking up my own version to make, but THESE ARE AWESOME! I wish I could lay down the money for something like this for my space obsessed husband. Perhaps next year...

posted by tirzhaz on October 19th 2009 at 2:57pm
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Gorgeous... Seriously gorgeous!

posted by barbidahll on October 19th 2009 at 3:02pm
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I think the price is totally worth it. These are art and useful objects at once, and they obviously took tons of time to make. Well done.

posted by brittanykate on October 19th 2009 at 3:33pm
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These are stunning and totally worth the price. I know just enough about quilting to value the time and effort spent on these. Completely out of my price range, but oh-so droolworthy!

posted by greer on October 19th 2009 at 3:53pm
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I like the IDEA of this... the colors and some of the designs just look like vomit to me though. I would still say they're worth what they're charging, it's not easy having the patience and skill... just not my bag... baby lol

posted by dunklekatze on October 19th 2009 at 4:12pm
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I agree with dunklekatze...the IDEA is great...but if I wasn't told what these were I'd have no clue

posted by abc123 on October 19th 2009 at 5:48pm
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My son would kill for that galaxy quilt!

posted by greta on October 19th 2009 at 10:03pm
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I love his etsy shop and really admire the beautiful quilts! I love the combination of the images enabled by contemporary technology with the traditional quilting method.

(Since most of the images depict other galaxies, it is really a misnomer to call them solar system quilts.)

posted by minouette on October 20th 2009 at 1:24pm
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