Sunday Quilt Inspiration: F E A T H E R S

Feathers make for great quilt ideas and adding them to other pieces of art can also work wonders in adding interest, color and form.  Let's work through this idea in an orderly manner.  

First, a few photos of actual feathers.  

And from the real thing to the art of the thing: several photos of prints and drawings.

Then from the art of the thing to the use of the thing: feathers used in everyday objects.

And from the use of the thing to fiber with the thing: fabric!

And on to some sewn items, followed by quilty items.

Art 101

Earlier this week our basketball coach asked me to drive the middle school team to a tournament about 40 minutes away.  I rarely drive the bus for another teacher but she was in real trouble and we're friends.  I relented, but it wasn't too difficult to convince me.



Now I agreed with stipulations: I would drive only, not be responsible for kids off the bus, and I would be allowed to grade papers while they played.  I'd planned to grade essay that evening and didn't want to put it off. 



It was too hot to sit on the bus without a/c, so I was going to grade papers in the gym, but the noise and game were very distracting.  I gave that up after the second paper too twice the my normal time for grading.  I decided to beg for an cool area.  (The floor in a hallway if nothing else.)

I got very lucky.  Just outside the gym is the cafeteria and the door was open.  Yay!  Tables, seats and lights.  Plus, once I entered, I discovered the art.  How cool are these three dimensional pieces?

And check out the dream catchers.

Pin It Weekly #84

Welcome to the weekly opportunity to enjoy a few pins from my favorite Pinterest boards.  Tonight . . . 

upcycled vintage sewing machine tables, 

dress forms, 

and odd shaped vintage cabinets.

Thank goodness I can't afford all these vintage items!  I'd buy every single one!  Yes, I have a crazy need to save things.  

Not like keep them.  Well, that, too.

But no, I mean save them from being lost or destroyed or damaged. I want everyone to love things of aged beauty, to protect them, to use them.  Yes, use them!  They are too beautiful to waste away unloved.  

What do you think?  Do you agree?  Do you have to save stuff, too?