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| Whirligigs, Vollis Simpson, photo by Alpesh Patel. |
The last few weeks have been full of North Carolina traveling adventures. And some stitching. And a crack on the head that has slowed me down a tiny bit.
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| WIP: Suga Belt, 2012 |
Suga Belt remains in my hoop. I'm going to experiment with some fabric layering after I finish the stitching. I'm excited and nervous about that!
And the stitching of color words for my Color Wheel of Lies project is still going. I bring the little pieces with me everywhere I go.
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| Writing by giddie99 |
But what has really captured my attention these days is the gorgeous surroundings of my adopted state North Carolina.
Went to Oak Island one weekend.
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| From the Oak Island boardwalk. |
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| Dawn, Oak Island. |
And to Asheville and the Smokey Mountains the next.
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| Balsam Nature Trail, Mount Mitchell. |
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| Clouds gathering at Mount Mitchell, highest peak east of the Mississippi. |
And then hunted for whirligigs, created by North Carolina outsider artist
Vollis Simpson in Johnston County, NC.
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| Horses in the sky. This whimsy inspires my TOYS swap piece for the Phat Quarter Swap. |
So many gorgeous scenes to inspire my own art. I imagine stitched faces in the sand, washed ashore on drift wood or among the ferns and firs of boreal mountain trails. And spirograph-like stitched wheels in the sky.
Ah, North Carolina, you are a beauty!
