Right Below Your Feet

I was looking back at photos from our 2019 visit to Vienna and came across this fun tile floor…

Originally, it looked complicated, but when I split it into two blocks…

….it became VERY easy to design.

But, if you turn it on point, it becomes MUCH more interesting….

I love taking non-quilt designs and figuring out how to piece them. Too bad I don’t have time to make all of the designs I come up with!!

Do you do this too?

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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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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….