inspiring to become ~

"When I am an old woman, I will do patchworks"  a quote from Edrica Huws whose life quite nearly spanned a century:  1907-1999. 

 

 

Edrica Huws, a Londoner.  It was not until after her death that she became widely acclaimed.....the quilting world realized how remarkable the work was. 

 

 

 

 

"It is splendid if there is some inner tension,

a hint of disorder

being controlled.

That, to me, is the essence

of an aesthetic experience."

 

                              Edrica Huws

 

Bottles on Garden Table - 1983

Tone, not color, was the most important element in her patchworks.  Not quite quilts, there being only two layers, and not quite paintings - while from a distance, her works appear to be more paintings than fabric patchworks. 

Life is a blur, and then you get old and make patchworks.