Chinese Whispers

[Renata L.]

Lois, I love what you did with Red Fury and especially how you brought it to life! I loved what everyone did with this little exercise and enjoyed reading what went into everyone's thought process in coming up with a new design. I also appreciate Rita and Nancy's comments back to me--they were indeed liberating.

I won't have a chance to play much with #1000200 this week but I did look at it and was gobsmacked by the astoundingly beautiful quilting. I also loved the colors and noticed the reverse prairie point in the beak which, for some strange reason brought my mind to the work of Ludmila Aristova, which I love. I'll still have to think about the design itself--it still does not speak to me... :roll:

As for the original photograph of the challenge, I cannot speak for how the photo was selected. However, I do recall that the photo is by an award-winning photographer. I don't remember her name right now and I am not at home so I can't go back and look for who she is--I think I read it in a Lochlomond newsletter...

[Lois B.]

I just went back to The Gallery to look at 1000201 again and the result I got was "Cannot be found" ??? What's going on? Poldergeists in my computer?

[Lois B.]

Lois, I just thought 'how do I find a random quilt that I have no control over what it looks like', and seeing as there are hundreds & tha-sansds already here in the gallery, all numbered and easy to get at, I decided to just go with 100 - I didn't even look at it before I suggested it :wink: so it was a total surprise for me too. The whole point is that by just chosing a random number, we are not picking & chosing a quilt by looks or name that we think we can work from, we are just drawing a short straw and having to work from what we are given, much as will happen for the proper Chinese Whispers.

Actually I have really enjoyed doing the first one - it got the cogs moving and thinking through the design process, and actually having to present the idea(s) here on the forum and explain them helps to firm up the details in my mind, even if we don't actually make anything - that said, I do actually want to go ahead and make up my idea now, but it is going to be small scale pieces, good thing I wasn't planning on matchy-matchy seams :wink:

[Lois B.]

I just went back to The Gallery to look at 1000201 again and the result I got was "Cannot be found" ??? What's going on? Poldergeists in my computer?

It is still there - honest!
go to Quilt Gallery
check the box to see oldest first
on right hand side for next page go to page 9, it is 3-4 quilts down

[Maureen A.]

Lois, I love what you did with Red Fury and especially how you brought it to life! I loved what everyone did with this little exercise and enjoyed reading what went into everyone's thought process in coming up with a new design. I also appreciate Rita and Nancy's comments back to me--they were indeed liberating.

I won't have a chance to play much with #1000200 this week but I did look at it and was gobsmacked by the astoundingly beautiful quilting. I also loved the colors and noticed the reverse prairie point in the beak which, for some strange reason brought my mind to the work of Ludmila Aristova, which I love. I'll still have to think about the design itself--it still does not speak to me... :roll:

As for the original photograph of the challenge, I cannot speak for how the photo was selected. However, I do recall that the photo is by an award-winning photographer. I don't remember her name right now and I am not at home so I can't go back and look for who she is--I think I read it in a Lochlomond newsletter...

Renata, the name of the award winning photographer is Kim Phillips, she is local (further down the line I will tell you a bit about her) The photo was selected from a large selection of her beautiful photographs by the Loch Lomond Quilt Show team considering all sorts of aspects of it and how it could inspire us quilters.

[Lois B.]

Rosemary, I don't know what I was doing wrong but I managed to find the quilt your way. I'd prefer working from the whole quilt design and will agree to get over my problem with the colors not reading right on my computer. I need practice just ignoring some of my stumbling blocks. It might be interesting to use both pictures of for inspiration. If we were given a real quilt we could look at it from both close up and far away. What say all of you?

Maureen, It will be such fun to learn more about the photographer. I am thinking about you lots these days and I am asking the universe to send lots of creative muses your way so that they may ease your work, let it flow and allow you to have very much fun with what you are doing.

[Maureen A.]

Maureen, It will be such fun to learn more about the photographer. I am thinking about you lots these days and I am asking the universe to send lots of creative muses your way so that they may ease your work, let it flow and allow you to have very much fun with what you are doing.

Thanks Lois, Can you send them a bit harder please I have a friend who is going into hospital for a large operation on her spine and her husband has just been diagnosed with cancer so I keep getting a mental block. I have been jotting down ideas since I got the photo but when I sit down to draw them out, I keep thinking off my friend. I will try and get myself in order, as I would like to get on with the quilt.

[Lois B.]

Maureen, I am positive the Muses will come. They will meet you where you are and then the work will begin.

[wendy w.]

Sorry to hear that Maureen, if your circumstances influence your thoughts on the picture that is just fine. Why not incorporate an element that links with your friend and her husband and that can make the quilt more meaningful for you and maybe help you make it.
It will mean something completely different to the next person as we've just demonstrated.

[Nancy R.]

Maureen - I'm sorry to hear about your friend's troubles! Let the muses arrive as they will. If it takes you a little longer to make your quilt, I'm happy to try to make up for it on my end (without sacrificing quality!).

Nancy

[Nancy R.]

Maureen, my sympathy for your friend & her DH. Could you start by having a few minutes of thought for her and then try and move your thoughts onto another subject, and then onto your design ideas. Or maybe, run through a list of what can you actually do to help her now - maybe a phonecall to just give her some support/try to take her mind off her problems for a little while and then try to make it a regular part of your day/everyother day, so that it gives you a definite feeling that you have shown you care, and then try to turn to other things that you also need to do (besides the CW quilt).

Re-reading this, I don't feel as if I have been very helpful at all, but it is meant well.

[Rita C.]

Maureen, I am sorry to hear about your friend and her husband. How very worrying for her and you. You have plenty of time to make the quilt, just put it aside for a few days if that helps. I am happy to concertina my time a bit too like Nancy so please don't stress yourself.

I had a quick look at quilt 1000200 - and I don't think we should be worried about whether it is a full quilt or a close-up detail. It's still a valid exercise and I did enjoy getting the cogs moving on Red Fury too. The quilting on 1000200 is amazing isn't it?

[Rita C.]

Rosemary, I don't know what I was doing wrong but I managed to find the quilt your way. I'd prefer working from the whole quilt design and will agree to get over my problem with the colors not reading right on my computer. I need practice just ignoring some of my stumbling blocks. It might be interesting to use both pictures of for inspiration. If we were given a real quilt we could look at it from both close up and far away. What say all of you?

Maureen, It will be such fun to learn more about the photographer. I am thinking about you lots these days and I am asking the universe to send lots of creative muses your way so that they may ease your work, let it flow and allow you to have very much fun with what you are doing.

Lois, perhaps you need to ask yourself 'why is this being a stumbling block for me? and what can I do to either learn from it or learn how to avoid it'. You are usually so good at words and putting things into perspective for us, perhaps you ought to see if you can turn it around onto yourself.

[Rita C.]

After seeing Lois's little quilt, I thought - what the heck and threw this together this afternoon, when I should have been getting on with tidying the house for the in-laws stopping tomorrow ops:

The colour balance is wrong, there is far too much dark red, and peach, but I only used 7 x 6" square pieces of fabric - there should have been nearly twice as many blues to achieve the same sort of balance as the original had. I think I achieved random reasonably ok - random means if 2 pieces the same end up next to each other then so be it (I think). Personally speaking I am rather glad that this piece is going to be headed for AAQI, because it is not something that I would chose to live with, I prefer things to be much more orderly. ESS is going to be something of a cow too (if I don't decide to skip it :wink: ), I might go with NESS instead :P

[Lotti D.]

So sorry to hear about your friend and her troubles... No wonder you keep getting sidetracked... Sending strength and prayers your way too