I had dropped in at JoAnn's Fabric just to see what is new to find there were many exotic fabrics for Halloween. I bought small pieces of each and mailed fragments to the grandchildren. I decided my 12" x 12" attic windows were too garish alone, and placed these skulls atop the block. Perhaps I should sew them down, but I like the way the fabric floats or ripples like ghosts coming in the windows. It is Halloween, of course, but I had age and memento mori's on the mind :*)
The following quotation appeared at Rayna's blog (click to visit where you may subscribe by e-mail) and it spells out what happened in the making:
Philip Roth: What I have in mind when I start to write could fit inside an acorn -- an acorn, moreover, that rarely if ever grows into an oak. Write fiction and you relinquish reason. You start with an acorn and you end up with a mackerel. Unfortunately, my workday does not support the argument for a universe of "intelligent design." Chance and staying power. That's the hand that imagination's dealt.
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I like the attic windows and your references to Amarillo with the blue sky and clouds. The skulls floating above or through the windows are interesting. I don't understand how you did that.
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The skull fabric is mostly transparent...a see-through material. I laid it over the windows and secured it with the edge binding.
ReplyDeleteThe attic windows are most appealing - open and fresh. I can appreciate the way that the materials "interacted" to produce the second view/version with the skulls "floating" through the windows. Interesting!
ReplyDeletewonderfully spooky! ND
ReplyDeleteI've always adored the Attic Windows block! Love your use of it here. And a genius of an idea to have the transparent skulls fabric floating over it. I like the floating look so think you were right to leave it that way and not sew it down. You might also think of it as fabric blowing in the wind--special Halloween fabric to welcome the ghosts and goblins, Pirates and Raggedy Anns, Doras and Spidermen who come treat or treating!
ReplyDeleteUnusual and creative --- that's your style, Linda. Interesting, too. ss
ReplyDeleteGreat take on the attic windows, and the blue tones are more "ghostly" than orange or black. Love your blog! The "round robin" is a voyage of discovery, as they say...It'll be fine. -Ellen from QC
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