This Randy Schormann is one amazing man! Here it is just one day after our latest Reveal, and Randy has already put together not only the photo composite, but he's written up his usual witty and logical narrative about why he put which quilt where! We are so fortunate to have Randy as a "adjunct Maven" or "honorary Maven," as he performs this wonderful service for us every time! Many thanks to Randy!
Now, here's what Randy had to say, in his own words:
Rita and I had a friend and former student visiting from the
Czech Republic this week so I didn’t get to see the great reveal until
mid-afternoon Friday. She left this afternoon and instead of yard work I opted
to do the composite. Our friend is a wonderful creative artist/photographer so
I was – again – inspired to enjoy your work.
It is never easy to “lay-out” the rows and I’m sure everyone
would do them differently but this is how they make sense to me.
Row one: I thought these three quilts said “doodling” in the
traditional sense of the word, each with a really clever twist. Jane, I tweaked
your “reflection” concerns [hope you don’t mind] so the word looks more like
the close-up.
Row two: Doodle art on the machine is in this row. Judy, I
agree with Alice, “What is behind the zipper?” And Carol, you gave me the
choice, so vertical it is – fits the format and the color of the space and
blends nicely with Karen’s leaf in the middle of row three.
Row three: Mother Nature in doodling – a dog, a leaf, then a
puffin. I’ll admit, as a photographer, I was tempted [but notice, I didn’t] to
flip the puffin so s/he didn’t swim off the edge. And the green leaf continues
to blend nicely with this row as well.
Row four: My creativity was surprised by the twist of the
theme as illustrated with Yankee DOODLE and Cock-a-DOODLE– WONDERFUL! Who’da-thought, except creative quilters? And the colors in Carolyn’s quilt –
WOW! The center Material Mavens date panel is a doodle from circa 1795 by the
Queen of Prussia. I think maybe cave painting might really have been made by
bored teenagers convened to their living quarters for being unruly. What do you
think?
Row last: Since Gail and Janet and Lois were not able to
participate this time, I had room to ignore Alice’s challenge [Whew!] to pick
one or the other and I had room to use both ALTERNATE Doodle quilts from Alice
and Carolyn. Now YOU-ALL get to pick. Sara’s quilt and all the great doodling
nicely compliment the middle of the row.
Thank you for letting me be a part of this wonderful group
and sharing your creative work.
Randy
