That is lovely, Nancy--what you did with the colors and textures is what speaks to me in a big way! I may have to sit this turn out and wait for the next surprise gallery photo to play with. Nancy, can you tell me what the "Batik Beauty" challenge is? I somehow missed it unless you are referring to the gallery quilt with the bird... Lois, I am so glad you had the chance to hang out with a crowd of contemporary quilters--I've been looking at a lot of contemporary quilts lately and would just love to start one. I have a few ideas inspired by Yoshiko Jinzenji's book, Quilt Artistry and did collect some Radiance squares in various colors to incorporate into this quilt I kind of have in mind. Not something I have time to get to quite yet, but it does not keep me from dreaming about it...

I started a little quilt for this week's "Batik Beauty" challenge and thought I'd share it. The quilt blocks reminded me of flowers, so I thought I would make a flower applique quilt in the same colors. Initially, I was planning on a quilt that was taller than it was wide and was thinking 3 or 5 flowers with stems and leaves, with the stems coming from under the border on the bottom and some of the flowers overlapping the upper borders. But once I got started, I decided that I wanted the quilt to be wider than it was tall and that it would just have the flowers scattered all around, including some overlapping the borders. This is how far I got:



I'll finish this quilt some time after Christmas and it will be my first Alzheimer's quilt for next year. But I think it gives a good idea of what I would have done if this was the challenge quilt I received.

Nancy

I thought I replied to this thread since Renata returned but I must have forgotten to hit "submit". The old brain must be starting to go! LOL! Anyway, welcome back Renata. I think things have been kind of quiet while you were away. Did not get a chance to play with this weeks design, but the day is not over yet. Hope I remember to look at it again. My new quilting friend and I went to a workshop on Improv String Piecing. It was held in the workroom of a very lovely quilt shop call "Smile Spinners" in Marysville, PA. It was fun sitting in a room with lots of sewing machines humming. It the first workshop of a newly forming Modern Quilter's group from in an around our state capitol, Harrisburg, PA. Four of the seven women participating were bantering about babysitters, preschools, and carpools. It was great to have women in their 30's showing lots of enthusiasm for quilting. I wish I had taken pictures.

Wow, I really missed out on a lot here... :shock: Rosemary, I hope your husband will be home soon and am so glad he is recovering--I can't even imagine how you must have felt so far and helpless! Love your label for Chinese Whispers and the Blackadder font is so perfect for the label. Rita, sorry you were down and out last weekend but glad you are doing better and hope you are back to enjoying quilting! Lois, your interpretation of the bird is adorable--love your creativity! Sorry I could not play along for that one but hope to be able to again. Maureen, Kim Phillips' work is amazing and I don't even want to speculate about the photo you are interpreting right now, but I can't wait for my turn to come (which is really quite a while away...).

Please let us know if you do Wendy! I might try that myself. Of course I wouldn't say anything but, would be interesting, in the end, to see if we were even close enough with our guess. :shock:

How about when we get our inspiration quilt, we try to guess which one of the photos was provided to our group and put a sticky note, with the name of the photo we think was used, and send it with the statement to Maureen? Would be interesting/fun to see if we were even close or if someone actually guesses right.

Maureen you are such a tease. I wonder if when it comes to me in 16 months if I can work out which photo it came from

Maureen, thanks for the link. Wow! her photos are so beautiful. It makes me want to take a photography course.

Kim has updated her photograph website http://photographybykimphillips.zenfolio.com/ and if you search really really hard, you may see the photo or then again you may not

Each of you will be receiving an email from Isabel, one of the organizers, when it is your turn to receive the quilt. So if you get an email from the Loch Lomond Quilt Show you know it will be genuine.

Sepia and blackadder font will look great together Rosemary. I'll be happy to print my own label too and if we need to add text to it, we can download the font from the site that Charae so nicely provided the link for, and add it to word or whatever word processor each one uses.

Here's roughly my location. This is a "vintage 20's" look

Thanks Charae - now I know what it is. So it's the same as the typeface for the TV series. Well that's fine with me Rosemary. And I am happy to print it out myself - so long as I can open the file you will send (Mac compatibility ). I would be hard pressed to choose my favourite from the 4 series Rosemary, loved them all. Really regret lending the 4th to someone who never gave it back.

clhdabb wrote:
Consider yourself a honorable and welcome "Whisper Watcher". Thanks for the information.

Nancy, I agree this might end up being a lot of work and expense for Rosemary, especially if she would do the printing. I am hoping she can send a file and we can each print our own.

Thanks Charae, hope they don't expect me to stitch that.

Whatever you decide works for me! I'm a little to the left of center....

Nancy

I was planning on sorting out a basic label, adapting certain details to each individual, and then either printing them all out & sending them as part of an christmas card package, or I can send you a jpg copy to print your own. I don't mind either way.

But I do need to get going a bit harder with them, having it my mind's eye is not the same as having it drawn up & ready to go Added to which, I need to find out whereabouts you lot are on the map, besides just somewhere on that large landmass on the left