My friend Crystal was talking on her blog the other day about quilting without obligation - in other words, just quilting what you want, when you want - as the spirit moves you.. Although I fully subscribe to the idea - sadly, I am not of that ilk.

From inspiration to...?

What was the inspiration and where did it take the artist? From paint to fabric to photography to paint to fabric to paint...it isn't that it's all derivative, it's that it's all thought and inspiration, and - art. And an artist - any artist - can look at these pieces individual or as whole and come up with... more art.

Wednesday already? How did THAT happen?


I actually don't have anything prepared for WIP Wednesday this week. Last night was the board meeting of Toronto Modern Quilt Guild (of which I am president) and there are exciting things afoot!! I was completely wrapped up in that, and haven't actually done any work for WIP Wednesday that you haven't already seen.

However, when casting about for something to post this morning, I came across this little box of stuff.

Once more - a box of badly pre-cut shapes to a pattern that I can't remember anymore. 

So, now, what will this become?

Stay tuned....

....we'll see.  It may be too literal...

1. Lights and shadows, 2. lights in Bellagio lobby, 3. i paint the light, 4. Blue lights

A flickr search for the word "light" resulted in tens of thousands of ideas.  Here are just four of the dozens that caught my imagination ....

(P.S.  I just LOVE the way this looks!)

This one is so much in the WIP process, that even the design is going to change a bit.  And though I have a couple of ideas for the quilting, I haven't made up my mind yet - who knows what may occur to me.

Sadly, I think I've settled on a really labour intensive method of quilting.  Dang! Any fun ideas for quiting out there in blog land?

See you Friday!