Friday, October 29, 2010

Bloggers' Quilt Festival


Sky, 2009, and detail
I went around the Alexandria downtown area one Sunday afternoon and took many photographs. There’s no shortage of urban decay here. Although Alexandria was burned to the ground during the Civil War, there are still a few buildings from the era of Reconstruction, as well as many built later and abandoned. This particular building appeared to still be in use as I could see lights on inside. I went back a few weeks later to take some more photos and could not find it.
 
One of the original photos

15 comments:

BJ said...

This is great. Wonderful art quilt.

verykerryberry said...

The thumbnail of this at the quilt festival really caught my eye and now I see the bigger pic it is obvious why! Beautiful interpretaion of what you saw

Lisa said...

oh my goodness! this is awesome!!!!!!

Pattilou said...

Your replication of a landmark is amazing.

Marika said...

Very beautiful Quilt duvet

Deborah said...

Great piece!

Zonnah said...

Very interesting!

Chris said...

That is excellent. I love the shadow of the tree in the background.

Sandra said...

wendy,
what a stark yet stunning depiction of the photo scene. Kudos. Thanks for sharing.
Come see my 1890 antique schoolhouse quilt and
black/white/pink scrappy miniature
Sandra from QuiltArt

Carol said...

A starkly beautiful interpretation. Absolutely love the tree reflection.

Rachaeldaisy said...

What a striking quilt. fantastic work!!

quilthexle said...

Wonderful art quilt. I LOVE how you captured the reflection of the tree. Amazing! Thanks for sharing.

The Thompsons said...

What a cool concept for a quilt. I really like it.

Nina Marie said...

Wow - I really love the whole reflection and window imagery you have going - you can really see the inspiration in your finish quilt - it also has a really nice abstract value! Lovely!!

Army Wife Quilter said...

i love your inspiration picture. that is awesome. I wish I could take great pictures like that. then you turned it into a great quilt wow.