Pictorial Quilts
Pictorial Quilts are quilts that use unique shapes to represent objects creating a picture based or illustrated quilt. Pictorial quilts are a style of Art Quilts that look like a photographic image or quilts that have an artistic image like quality. Pictorial quilts were created as early as 1795 in the United States.
Benefits of a Pictorial Quilt
- Pictorial Quilts can capture a specific moment in time
- Pictorial Quilts can tell a story.
Tools and Supplies for Pictorial Quilts
You may need these to start your Pictorial Quilts:
- Basic Sewing Supplies
- Image or picture
- Fabric
What I Wish I Knew When I Started Pictorial Quilts
PICTORIAL QUILTS can be whimsical as well as based on a photo.