Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Where Does Our Inspiration Come From?
This is the question we will be asking ourselves before our next meeting!
I thought I'd share a little bit about what inspires me, but first I was curious to read some definitions of inspiration and I really liked this one: stimulation of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity.
For me, that's being out in nature! It's walking down a gravel path, listening to the "crunch" under my feet, then looking down and seeing the texture and color of all the pebbles. It's walking past a rosebush and seeing the symmetry of the petals circling toward the tight bud at the center. Anytime I'm near water, I get a rush of creative thought! Be it a stream, a waterfall, a lake, the ocean or a water feature in someone's backyard, the movement of water brings beautiful patterns to my mind!
Funny thing, that while I'm "waxing poetic" about how nature inspires me, I found inspiration for my next quilt in an unexpected place - the Crate and Barrel catalog! It's always fun to be creatively surprised, isn't it?
Please take a moment before our next meeting and post below what inspires you! It will benefit us all to wrap our right brains around new ways of creative thought!
Bring your thoughts and ideas with you to our next meeting and share your creative process! This just maybe the framework for our swap!
Also, bring a pattern idea with you, so we can talk about a quilt-along!
Can't wait to see you February 25th @ 3:00!
I thought I'd share a little bit about what inspires me, but first I was curious to read some definitions of inspiration and I really liked this one: stimulation of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity.
For me, that's being out in nature! It's walking down a gravel path, listening to the "crunch" under my feet, then looking down and seeing the texture and color of all the pebbles. It's walking past a rosebush and seeing the symmetry of the petals circling toward the tight bud at the center. Anytime I'm near water, I get a rush of creative thought! Be it a stream, a waterfall, a lake, the ocean or a water feature in someone's backyard, the movement of water brings beautiful patterns to my mind!
Funny thing, that while I'm "waxing poetic" about how nature inspires me, I found inspiration for my next quilt in an unexpected place - the Crate and Barrel catalog! It's always fun to be creatively surprised, isn't it?
Please take a moment before our next meeting and post below what inspires you! It will benefit us all to wrap our right brains around new ways of creative thought!
Bring your thoughts and ideas with you to our next meeting and share your creative process! This just maybe the framework for our swap!
Also, bring a pattern idea with you, so we can talk about a quilt-along!
Can't wait to see you February 25th @ 3:00!
First Meeting of Fresno Modern Quilt Guild!
Hi Everyone!
Thank you for attending our very first meeting! It was great to meet all of you, exchange ideas, and share quilts! So much creativity and inspiration!
Nine of us showed up for the meeting, and as of today we have 14 members! Fun to see us growing!
Thanks to Alyce and Rene for stepping up to help me with the blogspot and the Modern Quilt Guild discussion group!
Next meeting, Saturday, February 25th @ 3:00pm!
Thank you for attending our very first meeting! It was great to meet all of you, exchange ideas, and share quilts! So much creativity and inspiration!
Nine of us showed up for the meeting, and as of today we have 14 members! Fun to see us growing!
Thanks to Alyce and Rene for stepping up to help me with the blogspot and the Modern Quilt Guild discussion group!
Next meeting, Saturday, February 25th @ 3:00pm!
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