Today’s Inspiration is The River. I’ve lived near the Susquehanna River for most of my life.
As a child I had an uncle who owned an island in the river. One year when the river was very low, he drove a old Farmall tractor across to the island, and did some hobby farming there. It seemed like a magical place to me.
I was in college, working a summer job in Harrisburg, PA, when Hurricane Agnes dropped torrential rains that turned the normally placid river into a raging force of destruction. I saw firsthand the power that the river possessed.
The Susquehanna still seems magical to me. I never tire of visiting it, in its many moods.
Some time ago I began dreaming about the river, and started a series of quilts that incorporate needlefelting with wool and silk fibers.
I demonstrate my technique for needlefelting on the Quilting Arts TV DVD. I hope you will try it and adapt it as your own, reflecting your own environment.
Read more about series 1400, including the schedule, on the Quilting Arts TV Website
Tomorrow’s featured bloggers: Cheryl Sleboda (muppin.com/wordpress/) / Jane Sassaman (janesassaman.com/weblog) / Julie Creus (http://todera.blogspot.com)
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