From Alice: I am at last home from my extended trip! I came home to find Randy's composite and his, as usual, clever narrative about why he placed the quilts where he did. As always, many thanks, Randy! I think he did a brilliant job with this one, truly! So, in his words:
Seems I must again apologize for the delay in posting the
composite for your creative work. Well,
I’m at least a little apologetic. I was at my brother’s home in Cascade,
Colorado, up the Ute mountain pass from Colorado Springs, just at the foot of
Pikes Peak.
First, row three: my process in this creation is to download
all your images, put them on one page, then lean back and see if I can find a
row by row pattern for the composite. My quirky sense of humor led my eye immediately
to Sara’s Circle – and my distaste for those traffic circles – Waco has two,
one historical, one new “traffic calming” creation that still is not logical to
me – but that quilt just had to be centered and it still makes me grin – Thanks
Sara. And then the patterns and colors of Jane [I read two opinions of which quilt/backings–
so I made MY choiceJ]
and Kathy’s quilts seemed to nicely blend so row three was completed and that’s
why row three was designed first.
Row one: two squares, one rectangular, nice color patterns,
interesting complementary circle compositions and I’m now leaning forward and
excited about the process.
Row two: Gail’s baby said to me, “the circle of life” before
I read the description. I’m a biologist by education and Alice’s tree made me
also think of life’s cycle, again before I read the narrative, so I think those
blocks pin the corners of row two, with a nice, almost “nother world” feel in
Andrea’s beautiful colors.
Row four: and we do have a “nother world” in this row? How
could those three quilts NOT be in the same row – WOW! All three are so life-like,
makes me wonder if there IS a quilt guild out there?
Row five: knowing how difficult it would have been for David
and Janet to pin her quilt on a wall, I used the techniques of Photoshop to
“hang it up” – hope you don’t mind Janet? The colors of Carolyn and Judy’s
quilts nicely frame this row and make a finishing statement to a challenging
theme for this round.
Randy, this is a GREAT layout! What can I say, we appreciate you so much and are SO glad that Rita is sharing you with us!!! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAs always, it looks fantastic Randy!
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Oh my gosh, Randy ! I always wonder how in the world you're going to maneuver our quilts around, and you never cease to amaze me that you make our work look so fabulous ! Thank you for all the time you spend on us, and for the creative genius that you are !
ReplyDeleteWow Randy - this is amazing and I am honored to have my quilt centered. It is so nice seeing all the quilts in one view and seeing how we all approached the challenge with both different and similar ideas
ReplyDeleteRandy, I absolutely love the composite! I am also glad you chose the "front" of my quilt. That was the side I felt was the front.
ReplyDeleteJane, that was the side that I felt was the front, too!
DeleteLove it Randy!! Thanks!!
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ReplyDeleteOnce again, a fab job, Alice, for this group you began!
ReplyDeleteAnd you need to take credit for inspiring me with the book you sent for my bday!
DeleteThank you so much again for yet another great composition Randy. I always look forward to reading your narrative regarding your thought process for what goes where and why, and am always entertained!
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