Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Mystical


As a child I was always curious about the round darker green circles in the lawn
with some mushrooms here and there.  It seems like they usually occurred after a thunder storm. My mom told me they were fairy rings.  Fairies came at night and held very important meetings.  When I heard the theme was mystical, I immediately thought of those magical fairy rings.

  
This little fairy is early for the meeting, but you can see from the spiral of shimmer that the others are on their way.



I used batiks along with thread work and some paint to try to make the mushrooms look 3 dimensional. The trees are decorated with yarn.

6 comments:

  1. Oh, wow! I remember those magical fairy rings! Great quilt, Susan! I love the shading you managed with paint, Beautiful!!!

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  2. This is lovely, Susan. I live in redwood country, and fairy rings are also the circles that families of redwood trees grow in. They're very tall but not especially deep-rooted, so they tend to grow in circle groups to support each other. Beautiful quilt!

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  3. I love this Susan! The depth and texture are wonderful, as is the story.

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  4. I love this Susan! The depth and texture are wonderful, as is the story.

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  5. It reminds me of the magical time of childhood-great piece'

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  6. love everything about this! Can't wait to see you in Nov!

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