The art quilt group met today for our first discussion on Chapter 1 and to get to know each other better. I still have not decided on a theme for my projects. I think I am trying to focus too close on one thing rather than a general theme. Jaylyn made an excellent point to look at what you collect, or have a lot of around you, or maybe a foreign country.
So I looked around. I have a collection of old advertising tins, a collection of botanical prints, old keys that I collected and framed, a small collection of pottery and teapots. Nothing clicked.
Over dinner I mentioned all this to Russ....and then I said foreign country. Two places I would love to visit are Greece and England. I looked around and remembered the three prints that I have framed in the dining room . They are pen and ink sketches down by Russ' great-uncle in England from the 1930's . And there is a small watercolor of an English thatch roof cottage, too that I had framed. Light bulb moment....my theme was right in front of me. Theme: England, a place I want to explore.
Now, I can sleep well tonight and tackle the next chapter tomorrow.
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