Aquarium Inspiration

This past week, Michael and I drove to Atlanta and took our 3-year-old grandson, Archer, to the Georgia Aquarium. We had SO much fun seeing it through his eyes…..

At one point, he wanted to take some photos and took several along this line….

This photo got me thinking… wouldn’t it be fun to make a quilt with the “aquarium” in the background and silhouettes of onlookers in the foreground?

THEN….

…while cruising Facebook a couple of days later, I found this quilt idea from Nancy Agombar-Grenier…..

This would be the PERFECT solution to the “aquarium” part of the quilt!!

DEFINITELY something to think about in the future!!

So, after a fun day with the fish and dolphins, and lunch at Chick-fil-A, we arrived back at his house….

He definitely does the “relaxed travel” well!!

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Is the IHG making a comeback?

For the last 3 years, I have been posting ideas of how to turn this carpet…..

…into a quilt.

And, last year, I finally decided to give up on it COMPLETELY and started using the fabrics for other projects.

BUT THEN…..of course there is a “BUT THEN”…..

I have recently been thinking more about Manadala designs, and started wondering if I could use the circle layout, but instead of using fabrics, quilt mandalas to represent the circles.

I put the photo into “ProCreate” and started layering the circles….

Then, I took a bullseye design and placed it inside the circles….

A little bit of thinking about which circles would overlap, and this design was born…

So, now I am back to THINKING about the Holiday Inn Carpet quilt.

It is definitely the project that won’t die!!

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Mandala art as quilting inspiration

I have been following “preet.tangledart” on Facebook and am enjoying the Mandala ideas there. They recently posted this graphic…..

Now, maybe SOME people see Mandala ideas, but I see FMQ patterns……

How about you?

Speaking of mandalas……

Inspiration from Buc-ee’s

When Rosie and I were traveling to Perry, Georgia to judge quilts for the Georgia National Fair, we made a quick stop at the nearby Buc-ee’s….

As I purchased the requisite fudge, Rosie pointed to one of the counters and said “Look….Buc-ee’s has quilt inspiration too…..

Isn’t it fun that ANY mixture of squares and rectangles constitutes quilt inspiration?

The only problem with this post is that I am now hungry for fudge!!

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Stepwells as quilt inspiration

Have you ever heard of a “Stepwell”? They are found primarily in India and serve three purposes….

Water storage: Stepwells were built to collect and store rainwater during monsoons for use during the dry season.
Water access: They provide a way to access the water table, which could be very deep underground in arid regions.
Community hub: Their elaborate design made them important social and ceremonial centers, sometimes housing as many as 100 steps to reach the bottom.

This is what they look like….