'If wishes were horses, beggars would ride'. When this theme was chosen that was the only thought that came into my head and I rejected it as being a bit negative! But I never could get it out so here it is.
Saturday, 1 February 2020
If Wishes Were Horses...
'If wishes were horses, beggars would ride'. When this theme was chosen that was the only thought that came into my head and I rejected it as being a bit negative! But I never could get it out so here it is.
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As Ruth's mum says "great minds think alike" Janine! No negativity in your quilt it is an uplifting riot of colour :)
ReplyDeleteGlorious! Your quilts always make me happy. I love the details of genie, wishing well, birthday candles and star - You're so inventive!
ReplyDeleteNice horses. Love the cake, star and wishing well. I tried one with those things but it didn't work. Yours turned out really good.
ReplyDeleteFunny, that same phrase kept coming to me too, but I laid it aside and went a different direction. I like how you interpreted it for this challenge!
ReplyDeleteJanine, that was my first thought, too but I wasn't up to interpreting it in all squares! LOL! I like how the symbols drew my eye around the entire piece, starting with the wishing well on the hill and ending with the genie (which took me a few seconds to get). I admire your ability to depict realistic figures and things in fabric and tell a story with them. And your style of doing them is truly your own. When I first saw the figures with the star, I thought, "Oh, these beggars are really the Three Wise Men of the Christmas story." I guess the realization of wishes can be a two edged sword -some making us wiser, and others, not so much. See? All these thoughts inspired by your little quilt!
ReplyDeleteOKAY!! you have certainly stitched a bit of whimsy that really makes me smile. I just love your style...you know I do. I'm coming over to your blog for more happy.
ReplyDeletexx, Carol
I love it! I have never liked that phrase -- to me it had the connotation of "let them eat cake," as in, "we all know beggars can't ride and that's just as well." But in your piece I feel that everyone is mounted beautifully, and they have so many things to wish on, that more wishes will undoubtedly come true. And I love the benevolent genie.
ReplyDeleteI love all the elements that flitted through our thoughts all come together here. Really shows what a wide reaching theme that one word conjures up.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love your quilt Janine. Every detail is perfect. It actually looks like a page form a story book. Stunning!
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