Materials: Vintage silks and cottons, khadi cotton, bamboo wadding
Price Point: £800
"The most important things in our homes (besides family) are usually those that are handed down, have special meaning, or have been made for us. I have just started designing and making bespoke quilts that combine all of these thoughts, and hopefully make the home a haven....."
"Hand pieced from a mixture of vintage silks and cottons, the quilts are then quilted by traditional quilters and are then hand-bound in silk.
The quilts are based in my love for keeping traditional crafts alive, but keeping them relevant for modern lives.
I hope you like them.
(note no drawings used - just my eyes and my hands!) "
Designer: Cassandra Ellis
Link: NA
Location: London, UK
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Previous Design:
Laboratory Lamp by Andie Olive
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• About Design Showcase 2009: This summer we're celebrating the best in design for the home. We're taking submissions from independent and student designers from around the world and letting our readers vote on who they think has the best design. There's also a panel of august judges. Two winners will win $20,000 in targeted advertising placements on our sites to help launch their career. All info is here.
© 2009 Apartment Therapy
I just have to say that I'm so over the word "bespoke." It's so pretentious, it puts me off.
I like the quilts though.
view jooly's profile
I like the curling leaf pattern they quilted them in. As a hand-quilter myself, I recognize how much work that requires.
view Laurenwl's profile
Beautiful quilts.
view suzy8track's profile
These are really pretty but, since they're bespoke, I'm not sure that they really qualify as a product that is not yet in production. I guess I thought this contest was about student work or prototypes that could be picked up by a manufacturer, or something along those lines. Am I mistaken?
view fabframes's profile
They are beautiful, and I'm sure creating them involves an incredible amount of time and expertise. However at $1300 USD there is NO WAY, even in a moment of sheer insanity, I would ever purchase one. I like to be able to use things, rather than just preserving them, and even in a guest room I would be so worried about ruining it!
view JanuaryGirl's profile
How many hours does it take to make a quilt? I agree that the stitch pattern on them is beautiful.
view Stephanie K's profile
$1300 for a quilt? Zero stars from me.
view slang4d's profile
I admire quilts so much because I cannot fathom really making one. Though I often dream about it.
Emily
view Emily Sneds's profile
I think the price is justified. Handmade quilts are incredibly labor-intensive. And if you take care of them, they can be passed down as heirlooms.
view slowdown's profile
I would like to do something like this, find an old ottoman at a thrift store and quilt something like this, more like sewing some interesting panels together-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44713708@N00/3834150320/
view LoriSF's profile
Gorgeous. But way out of my price range :(
view E.I.F.'s profile
Love the vintage fabrics in the quilts! I collect vintage kimono - I'm obsessed with the patterns and the colors. Each one is different. I enjoy seeing how they "play" together in these quilts.
view UdonNoodles's profile
what does bespoke mean?
view Lady J's profile
bespoke means custom-made
view Michael W.'s profile
(I looked it up after seeing it a number of times in my Living Etc. magazines, which is British)
view Michael W.'s profile
No contact information? How does this help the artist?
view dandy's profile
Beautiful. Too bad I don't have $1600 laying around.
view Shannon Ashley's profile
They are beautiful and I wish I could afford one.
view Madame Is's profile
Beautiful colors and beautiful craftmanship.
view hartley30782's profile
Contact info for haven is: www.havenworkroom.com
view CassandraEllis's profile
love the colors. i want one.
view yesser's profile
As a quilter, I'm somewhat dubious of these being hand-quilted... only a machine can make lines that continuous. Unless you're outsourcing to Amish women who can get 10 stitches per inch.
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