"Arlington Row, Bibury Village, The Cotswolds, England" by Meri Henriques Vahl was based by a trip to The Cotswolds.

Arlington Row, Bibury Village, The Cotswolds, England was based on, as the name suggests, a trip that Meri took to The Cotswolds in England. Years earlier when Meri was writing science fiction, she still does by the way, she needed a location for a planet and came across an image in Sunset magazine that she posted next to her computer for inspiration. Then when she went to England, she turned a corner and there was that same place.

Artist Statement: "The great Art Nouveau designer, William Morris, is quoted as having said that Bibury was the most beautiful village in the Cotswolds, England – and I agree! To honor this lovely place, I created this scene using my fabric collage techniques – but this time the tulle overlay was pink, rather than the usual black to accentuate the soft, romantic atmosphere."

Technique: Extensive free-motion machine quilting was enhanced by a hand appliquéd border of thorny vines, leaves and beaded roses. The musicians were constructed on interfacing, and the faces, hands and feet were drawn with Caran d’Ache pencils.