Some inspirations for future Baltimore blocks. Self portrait Bailey did in second grade, a yard sale bud vase, tiles from different places, cross stitch I did in the eighties, bottles that have been flattened in a kiln to become chimes. These images are part of my own inner iconography and that is what I want refer to in this quilt, while at the same time including tradionalal patterns that hearken to quitlers and images for centuries past.
My father told me that his grandmother, Minnie, used to make quilts. They were not art, he assured me, just made up of snippets of old clothes , so as not to waste fabric and used to keep warm. He remembers one, he says, all in grays and blacks and plaids. Not art, he says, not meant to be beautiful. Sounds like beauty to me. Maybe even art...
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Inspirations
Some inspirations for future Baltimore blocks. Self portrait Bailey did in second grade, a yard sale bud vase, tiles from different places, cross stitch I did in the eighties, bottles that have been flattened in a kiln to become chimes. These images are part of my own inner iconography and that is what I want refer to in this quilt, while at the same time including tradionalal patterns that hearken to quitlers and images for centuries past.
The bottle chimes are great. Shows how transparency works really well.
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