First, let me take a moment to welcome my Wing’s World readers who have done me the honor of subscribing, now that I have left the Facebook community. As I posted on FB before deleting, no judgement for those who stay! I have mixed feelings about leaving, and goodness knows, I’m fully invested in Google products, Amazon services, and all kinds of other playgrounds of unsavory billionaires. Aren’t we all just doing our best?
So what was that about bird quilts? Do you mean cute little sparrow-sized comforters? Something to tuck around your favorite hen? Or do you mean…
A little context: if you read my last post about the jaw-dropping Red Dress Exhibit, you noted that I finished up with a mention of the bird quilt exhibit also running at the amazing Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum in La Conner, WA. Here is the post I promised on that topic–a little lighter than the Red Dress, but just as inspiring, in its own way.
Because I was at the museum chiefly to see the Red Dress, and because I had a ferry to catch, I had to flit from bird to bird, snapping photos to study later. But thanks to the wonderful technology of “zoom-in,” we really CAN do just that, appreciating the detail, the genius of the work almost as well as in person.
Go ahead: zoom in!
I have dabbled in artistic quilting myself; I have even blogged about it, ages ago. And let me tell you–these bird quilts in La Conner are so far above my skill level as to be more awe-inspiring than just plain inspiring.
But I am inspired. Not so much to get back to the ol’ sewing machine (got too much else going on right now), but inspired by plain old beauty. Imagination. Discipline. Bird love. All the things you see when you zoom into…
Or this whimsical, 3D depiction of a swooping eagle, using natural, gathered materials:
These are bleak days. You don’t need me to tell you that. But you might need me to show you a gorgeous, cheerful quilt-full of finches. Because ESPECIALLY these days, we all need every last ounce of inspiration, beauty and joy we can absorb.
I’ll be traveling for the next 3 weeks, WITHOUT my computer. So please, pile on the comments so I can read them before I go, and when I get back, Wing’s World will go back into travel-blog mode.
Till then, be well, zoom in, be inspired! And thank you for visiting Wing’s World.
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These ARE incredible quilts, Gretchen! Thank you for posting before you “fly” off on an adventure. Visions of beauty, awe, and wonder are a treasured gift always, and especially now.
Thanks, my friend!
Those are fabulous!! I especially love the owl. And the flamingo. As far as FB, I never signed up for an account and I’m convinced that has benefitted my life, lol. Yay for you for ditching them!
Right on, sister. I joined when I left teaching in 2010 because that’s how I communicated with former students…but they’re hardly on it either, now!