Inspiration?

We had a nice time at VQF this afternoon. Debra found Tori and I not too long after we got there. We wandered around the contest quilts, selected our viewer's choice, searched for something, anything that might spark some renewed interest in picking up a needle. If it was there, I missed it. Debra commented on the many traditional quilts, and the large number with hand quilting. I guess that's what New England quilting looks like - traditional. Of course there were many more modern design quilts, but this year, like last, nothing grabbed me. Darn it.

I handed over the photography job to Tori. I'm downloading the pictures right now, let's see what I got. This was Tori's choice: Front,

and (I like it better) back.

Althea's Waltz in the Starlight Ballroom by Judith Heyward of Mt. Pleasant, SC.

Pretty, yes?

It doesn't appear Tori got a picture of my choice. I'll watch the website when they post the winners and see if it shows up. I'll share a few more pictures, maybe tomorrow.

Somewhere, though, something got me thinking. This week I'm going to root through my batiks and see what I've got from gold to brown to brick red. I'm also going to cut some pink binding and finish up Crazy, then Bevins' quilt gets started. It's gonna maybe look a little like this. I think. 1 inch logs, black and those golden batiks in a simple Courthouse Steps construction. Let's see what happens.