WHERE MUSES DWELL

I JUST LOOKED AT MY BLOG AND REALIZED THAT I HADN'T WRITTEN SINCE EASTER 2017.  I GUESS IT IS TIME I GET WRITING.

I JUST FINISHED MY QUILT FOR THE CHANDLER ART QUILTS  CALL.  I'LL SHOW THE QUILT , "WHERE MUSES DWELL" AND THEN WE'LL TALK.

 

WHERE MUSES DWELL

THIS QUILT IS YET ANOTHER TAKE ON MY ALTERED BOOK QUILT.  BUT THE 18 LITTLE BINDED QUILTS ARE PRINTED BOOK SIGNATURES THAT ARE NOT INTERACTIVE, BUT ARE APPLIQUED ONTO A BACK QUILT IN A FIXED MANNER. ALSO SOMETHING ELSE IS DIFFERENT, BLACK AND WHITE

 AND RED ARE NOT MY ONLY COLORS... THERE IS BLUE.

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I ALWAYS THOUGHT BLUE WAS AN OLD PEOPLES COLOR.  MY MOTHER-IN-LAW LIKED BLUE.  BUT THIS SUMMER I AM HAVING A LOVE AFFAIR WITH BLUE.  I PAINTED ALL THE POTS IN THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE BLUE AND STARTED WEARING BLUE CLOTHES. (MOM SAID I LOOKED BEAUTIFUL IN BLUE.)  COULD IT BE?...

GOD HELP ME I'M OLD! 

THIS QUILT IS CREATED TO EXPRESS WHERE I FIND THE INSPIRATION FOR MY WORK.  MY INSPIRATION COMES FROM LIFE.

                       LIFE...THE BOOKS I READ, THE OBJECTS I LOVE,THE PICTURES AND THE QUOTES I COLLECT.  ALL
THE THINGS I HAVE IN MY HOME INSPIRE ME AND THE WAY I USE THESE THINGS GIVE THE VIEWER A LITTLE LOOK INTO MY SOUL AND SOME SAY MY CRAZY MIND.

                 I DON'T MIND BEING A LITTLE CRAZY...………………………………………

I WANT THE VIEWER TO LOOK AT MY PIECE  AND ONLY AFTER REALLY LOOKING WILL THEY SEE MY
HIDDEN MESSAGES...NOTE THE REDFOX COMING AND GOING.

I USED ZIPPERS TO TIE THESE TWO BLOCKS TOGETHER AND THEN USED ANOTHER ZIPPER IN THE THIRD BLOCK TO CARRY THE EYE OVER THE FACE OF THE QUILT.




          REAL LACE WAS USED IN THESE BLOCKS AND THEN A DOILY STENCIL AND BLACK PAINT WAS USED TO TIE ALL THE BLOCKS TOGETHER.

I JUST HAD TO GET A FEW OF THE NAUGHTY BITS IN.

THE QUOTE READS...MIND IS EVERYTHING.  MIND PULLS THE UNIVERSE OUT OF A TOP HAT, BOWS TO ITS OWN APPLAUSE AND WALKS OFF THE STAGE GRINNING.

THE BACK QUILT IS CLOSELY QUILTED , THEN PAINTED, HAND STAMPED AND STENCILED.

BE YOUR OWN EXCLAMATION POINT!

                       ...REDFOX