Soft-Maps are quilted dupioni silk blankets with hand-stitched sections of the Brooklyn street map, created by Haptic Lab. Pictured here is a crib quilt with a map of Fort Greene on it. Hello there, Flatbush Avenue!
Compare this blanket to the relatively colorful quilts by Leah Evans and the downright gaudy American comfort quilt by Citizen:Citizen [or incredibly clever, or sharply ironic, depending on your point of view].
Oh, that is so precious! Thank you so much for posting!
I’d buy it!
For me?!? That’s the key question.
Of course, Maya – who else would I be talking about? UPS or hand-delivered?
Awesome; you can hand-deliver it to booth #7 on Saturday. Thanks in advance!
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Do you have a queen-size quilt for the Chelsea area of Manhattan? My daughter lives on west 16th St and my son, on West 13th Street. I would love to have a quilt made for my daughter. And what would the price be. I would like a white background and a medium brown thread used.
Thanks.
Georgia
Georgia, it looks like Haptic Lab is offering a few different map quilts and pillows on their site now, but I think your idea would fall under a custom order; you can query the studio about the cost.
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