Sunday, December 1, 2013

Elements of the Earth


When I Googled ELEMENTS I came across the Chinese five elements of the world: wood, fire, earth, metal and water. Hmm, how to put those in a quilt??  The word earth made me think of a river bank, wood reminded me of trees, and of course a river (barely visible in this photo) could represent water. Fire and metal were more challenging, but soon a campfire and roasting marshmallows popped into my mind.
I made the chipmunks out of thread, and they are using metal  skewers for roasting their bead marshmallows. I embellished a little with yarn, tumbled rocks, and crystals.

5 comments:

  1. It's wonderful Susan! I just love the whimsy of the chipmunks roasting marshmallows over the campfire!

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  2. I'm in love! This is wonderful, Susan!!! The whole quilt is great, but the chipmunk party is the bomb!!!

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  3. awww, this is perfect susan! love it. so good to see you last weekend. <3

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