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SAQA  "Made in Europe" Exhibition

1/16/2017

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My quilt "And then three come along at once..."  has been selected for the SAQA exhibition.
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The inspiration for this quilt came gradually.  I had been wondering what to do for this challenge and struggling to come up with something i really wanted to do (there is no point in starting, I believe, unless you really feel driven to make a particular quilt.  My quilts take quite a lot of work and time and, if I am not committed, it will show in the result.

My friend, Liz, and I had been to see an exhibition at Tate Modern - Georgia O'Keefe - which we had really enjoyed.  I particularly liked some of her paintings of skies.  I think it was late November.

We decided to walk for a while to stretch our legs before getting the train home.  It was late afternoon and quite busy.  I was taking the odd photograph on my phone (I do this all the time - you never know!) and there was a bright peachy/orange sky in the distance above the buildings.   This is what started the process in my mind.

I had also been thinking about the red London buses and that they were so representational of this country.

The following morning I went swimming, which I do twice a week.  This is almost always when the bits of ideas which have been floating around in my head, come together and I start to resolve things.  (not just quilt issues).   I am a very average swimmer and just keep going in the lane for medium swimmers.  Although I am doing something, my head seems to clear and solutions often come!  Maybe it is just water as I sometimes have useful ideas in the shower!

Anyway, I suddenly knew that I needed to make a quilt based in London at commuter time.  This is not any particular street, just vaguely based on some of my photos.  I also wanted to get a tree in to get some balance.  When I started to draw a bus, it seemed obvious to include three.  The colour of the sky was important too.

The exhibition venues and dates are on my About Page.

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