Last Updated on 04/15/26 by Rose Palmer
Quilt Inspiration – I made this quilt to commemorate our 30th wedding anniversary trip to Venice. Blue and red seem to be the traditional colors of Venice – gondoliers wear blue-and-white or red-and-white striped shirts. The traditional carnival masks tend to use red or blue diamond patterns, so I knew those would be the predominant colors in the quilt.
Looking at photos of the city, I also saw that many of the marble floor designs used a checkerboard pattern of squares, set on point, so I chose that as my basic quilt design.
To make the squares more interesting, I used a paisley border fabric, and using a “stack-n-whack” method, I cut out four identical triangles, which I combined to make each square block. For the border, I used a red fabric made with marbling techniques similar to those used in Venice to make paper.
For the back of the quilt, I used up all of the remaining border fabric in an asymmetrical cross-hatch pattern.
The quilting was done by Quilts Everlasting.
The quilt was photographed overlooking the various canals in Venice during our 30th anniversary trip.
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Thanks for visiting.
Rose
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