tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post7390291433872636799..comments2024-03-21T10:11:35.016-04:00Comments on Material Mavens: Rita's Waco City Canyon Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193658783135430973noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-27103216896884608282013-05-19T22:32:59.373-04:002013-05-19T22:32:59.373-04:00Loved seeing this in person today. The detail and ...Loved seeing this in person today. The detail and precision of this piece is perfection! I'm glad you put the trees in. They are wonderful to have downtown and gives your quilt even more interest. Love your colors and composition.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03368515552194912257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-53162736812683993082013-05-19T21:31:52.293-04:002013-05-19T21:31:52.293-04:00Thank you for your personal tour of Waco! As a no...Thank you for your personal tour of Waco! As a non-appliquer ( probably not a word! ) I am most interested in your techniques using colored pencils and embroidery stitches, which gives such a nice effect. Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17154076191981373564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-40149101517124368392013-05-17T23:11:07.976-04:002013-05-17T23:11:07.976-04:00Another interesting fact about our Waco Suspension...Another interesting fact about our Waco Suspension Bridge, and I am quoting from Wikipedia: "The Brooklyn Bridge was initially designed by German immigrant John Augustus Roebling, who had previously designed and constructed shorter suspension bridges, such as . . . the Waco Suspension Bridge in Waco, Texas." Ours is older than the Brooklyn Bridge. The Waco bridge was completed in 1869; the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193658783135430973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-10227829259063619072013-05-16T22:37:28.419-04:002013-05-16T22:37:28.419-04:00Lovely quilt! Amazing workmanship! Live your nar...Lovely quilt! Amazing workmanship! Live your narrative as well!!! loistheartisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06874401983663533819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-51758604741431133302013-05-16T19:16:13.309-04:002013-05-16T19:16:13.309-04:00Love this quilt, we will let you take some license...Love this quilt, we will let you take some license with moving the bridge. For those of you close enough to come they are adding a herd of life size bronze cattle and cowboys to the bridge (also the model for the Brooklyn bridge). My father-in-law survived the Waco tornado, saved by his metal desk. Pray for those people who were hit so hard last night by tornadoes across north Texas.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03892795048904708312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-74035543299298771702013-05-16T15:06:02.452-04:002013-05-16T15:06:02.452-04:00Oh Rita - What a fabulous job you did with this c...Oh Rita - What a fabulous job you did with this challenge ! Your workmanship is always stunning, and I loved that you added more artwork to what will be the side, and top / bottom panels on your gallery wrapped quilt. Thanks too for all the information about Waco.. much of it was new to me. I can hardly wait to see this at the next Waco Quilt Guild meeting !Kathy Hartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18439720411059490863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-66505080033352864852013-05-15T18:29:26.908-04:002013-05-15T18:29:26.908-04:00These "side pieces" are sections of the ...These "side pieces" are sections of the quilt that are folded back around the frames that Rita uses for her quilts--they aren't separate pieces! Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193658783135430973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-69383126901480142832013-05-15T17:54:28.548-04:002013-05-15T17:54:28.548-04:00Interesting that several of you portrayed city can...Interesting that several of you portrayed city canyons in some manner for this reveal. Love the light feeling that yours evokes. Your artistic license is great as I think the bridge at the end of the canyon is perfect and the other buildings placement provide just the right perspective to it. Lovely job!Nedra Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12713288647355250747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-75316772432430717462013-05-15T17:50:04.994-04:002013-05-15T17:50:04.994-04:00What a tribute to your city, Waco. I lived there t...What a tribute to your city, Waco. I lived there three years and need a revisit. I enjoyed the facts about the town but especially the old name and the pronunciation's changing the spelling. The side pieces are so graphically interesting as pictured here you may want to think of cutting wood to fit them. I also like the wit of the arrow suggesting a turn to the left.Linda Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10622069411237073813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-9755041105352067112013-05-15T17:27:02.244-04:002013-05-15T17:27:02.244-04:00So many wonderful things can be said about this qu...So many wonderful things can be said about this quilt and even the photo of this quilt with the four canvas edges showing is VERY interesting. You might consider having postcards published of this image in itself because I think the two side panels of trees really adds to the contrast and composition. Just saying... JWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13873703819530569975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728166793718979713.post-64255310837221512792013-05-15T17:20:11.336-04:002013-05-15T17:20:11.336-04:00Oh, Rita, how I love this quilt! You, Andrea, Jan...Oh, Rita, how I love this quilt! You, Andrea, Janet, and I all have much in common with our quilts, but how different they are. I love it that you have given the other Mavens all these interesting tidbits about Waco. We have such "bad reputation" thanks to the Branch Davidian debacle that didn't even happen in WACO but in a tiny town nearby. Anyway, your quilt is beautiful, the "artistic license" you took is absolutely great, and I am so eager someday to try this method you used in construction. Oh, and thanks for giving us a view of the sides of the quilt!Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193658783135430973noreply@blogger.com