"It's The Journey"

It's The Journey (click for larger version)

"It's The Journey"
Patricia Charity
30" x 50"
$1600.00

I am inspired by history and the romance of travel during a time when getting to a destination was only the end of the journey. The excitement of seeing new places along the way, saving bits and pieces to remember the trip, assembling the journal for a personal history was all a part of the experience.

I wanted this quilt to speak to the adventure of travel.  Arriving at point B is not the event we remember, it is the journey. The cool morning air with new scents, the change of light at a new latitude, the beauty of an unfamiliar landscape as it glides past the window of the train, car or plane.

Colors: Browns, blues, reds

Techniques: Collage, piecing, free motion quilting, color work

Materials: Cotton, silk, wool felt, Stewart Gill paints, Inktense pencils

Collage, paint, Inktense pencils

It's The Journey (detail)