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The Eye of the Quilter: Reflections

Last year, Karey Bresenhan and company (the forces of nature behind the International Quilt Festivals) had a great idea:  an exhibit of the photos quilters use to inspire them.  The small exhibit was such a success that they are doing it again this year, and two of my three entries were accepted!

The theme this year is Reflections.  As soon as I heard that, I KNEW I wanted to have this photo as one of my entries, titled Joy Reflected.  It is the day we brought home our puppy for our son’s 9th birthday gift:

Joy Reflected: the day Pigwidgeon (the pug puppy) came home, with the dearly departed Yeti-dog on the left and Eli on the right

I also remembered a photo I took while on a visit to the Maine Coastal Botanical Gardens with the Frayed Edges.  Since the photo was a bit tippy, I fiddled a bit with it in photoshop to make it look better (including odd clipped edges).  It is, to me, one that captures all the elements:  Earth (the rock and trees), Water (caught in the carved boulder),  Air (reflected sky) and Fire (that helped create the rock), so I called it Elemental:

a foggy Maine day reflected in the carved boulder

When I was teaching in Arizona, the hotel in Flagstaff had these AMAZING carved doors.  I am always on the lookout for quilting motifs, so snapped a few photos.  Although this photo didn’t make it in to the exhibit, I still like it.  And I, my camera flash and the overhead lights are reflected in the shiny doorknobs:

2 Responses to “The Eye of the Quilter: Reflections”

  1. Marjolijn Says:

    What a lovely doorknob. These doors inspire me a lot! Thanks.
    Marjolijn

  2. Maggie Szafranski Says:

    I missed your photos! I saw some other friends photos, so I am totally bummed! It was so good to see you in Houston! I did talk to Alex Anderson about your appearing. I will email her next week to jog her memory (her request!). Does she or anyone at TQS have a copy of your book? She remembers seeing it and thought it was a fantastic book!