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kayre ([personal profile] kayre) wrote2011-06-25 09:06 pm

Pics

elephants

Maybe my favorite quilt today. The design is in the black lines, not the colors!



sheep

I like these sheep. The whole scene is pieced entirely from 1/2 inch squares!

such a happy scene

Such a bright happy scene! And I love that the houses are at an angle.

image

From an antique crazy quilt. Anyone know what the symbols are?

another starburst

I'm a sucker for anything in rainbow colors.

Click through to Flickr for a dozen more pics.

symbols on the crazy quilt block

[identity profile] msminlr.livejournal.com 2011-06-26 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
The knife looks like a Bowie, and the other weapon could be a halberd. The doodad behind them is a balance-scale, such as is typically depicted being held-up by the blindfolded figure of Justice.

Overall symbolism could be something like "guardians of justice".

I came here from one of Ysabetwordsmith's links on Live Journal, by the way