Ready to quilt

Well, I have sewn and sewn and sewn and all of my little reflection squiggles are now firmly fixed. Time to layer this up and to get quilting. I printed the picture of the quilt top and one of the original photo and they are pretty close. I am not fussed on exactly exact in this case as the whole idea is ephemeral , unreal and abstract. I think I like it better now. We are becoming friends!The jury is out till after the quilting :-)

The original

Quilted interpretation

A lot of licence was taken with the colours but we need drama, after all!

Reflections on a hot summer

Here you can see the actual boat reflections

..and on this one, you can even see the reflection of the sailor , BUT...

I am posting this piece with some trepidation. A year of so ago, we were down at our local marina on a hot , sunny, clear day with little or no breeze. I fell in love with the reflections of the moored sailboats in the water and shot MANY photos. I decided to try one of my pure reflection photos as an abstract sort of piece . I have been at it for days and am still not totally convinced , although now that it is ready to do the thread painting and maybe some couching, I like it better than I did earlier. I have posted  some of the other photos for you to see. OK, here goes! JUST reflections!

...here is the one I am working from - VERY abstract!

...and here is my take on it - so far.

I will take a chance and post this on needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com because I value your input.

Mirror Inchies

The mirrored image

The Mirrored, mirrored image. Note the reflection of the camera lens!

The mirror, symbol of woman in science and history. Should we be flattered or frustrated?

The reflected image has been fascinating to mankind forever. This is one of the symbols carved on the kerbstones of Knowth Burial Chamber in Ireland.

Some mirror inchies for this week- Remember Alice and the Looking Glass? If I had been making "Footies" instead of Inchies , I would have done some Alice Mirror Inchies. Not QUITE enough space in a square inch!