Over the years I have posted lots of photos of hotel hallways as inspirations for quilting projects. At this stage, I can’t remember when or where this photo was taken….
…..but I love the angles and shapes that are formed.
NOW, in my “SUMMER OF THE SCRAP” mode, I looked at this photo again and wondered what it would look like with scrap strips!!
THAT might be fun to play with and heaven knows, I have plenty of strips to play with!!!
On one of our trips to China, we stayed in a hotel that had this window…..
Wouldn’t that be a FUN quilt design?
OR even a Free-Motion-Quilting design??
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Unfortunately, 2024 has been the “year of the dentist” for me. But one good thing did come from it.
My dentist loves artwork and his office is filled with photographs, paintings, pottery and sculpture. AND, he plays 60’s and 70’s music!! Does it get better than that?
On my last visit, I noticed that he had added a new piece of art…..
Now, the photo isn’t great (I didn’t feel comfortable moving the lamp to get a better one), but it reminded me of how much fun it would be make a low-volume quilt.
In this case, specifically with whites, off whites and greys.
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When we made our trip to England last March, I snapped this photo of the “welcome desk” for the First-Class lounge in one of the airports……
Here is a bit better photo…..
Couldn’t you have fun with those “mountains” in a quilt?
Maybe even using scrap strips….
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Do you know what a Rangoli is?
We learned about them on our first trip to India….
Rangoli is an art form in which patterns are created on the floor or a tabletop using materials such as powdered lime stone, red ochre, dry rice flour, colored sand, quartz powder, flower petals, and colored rocks. It is an everyday practice in many Hindu households. Designs are passed from one generation to the next, keeping both the art form and the tradition alive.
They are usually made outside the threshold of the main entrance, in the early mornings after cleaning the area. Traditionally, the postures needed to make a rangoli are a kind of exercise for women to straighten their spines. The rangoli represents the happiness, positivity and liveliness of a household, and is intended to welcome Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and good luck. It is believed that a Hindu household without a clean entrance and rangoli is an abode of daridra (bad luck).
- From Wikipedia
I was interested that it talked about the “posture” of the creators. This is what we saw…..
When we were there in 2016, during the Festival of Ganesh, the Rangoli became more and more elaborate, with one hotel using flowers….
But I have digressed…..let’s get back to the inspiration…..
Wouldn’t this be a fun quilt design….60-degree diamonds and flowers!!!
Is this something that you would make??
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Michael and I love to travel and see new parts of the world and then I love to take those memories and turn them into quilts!!! I hope that you enjoy traveling along with us!!
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