Let Out Your Inner Animal : Elephant

Rachel Parris

Pokey — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:23:51 GMT

My inner animal is an elephant. This was my inner animal even before I became a (ahem) mature female. My inner animal embodies many qualities I strive for such as patience, strength, wisdom, loyalty, playfulness, protectiveness of the herd (especially its female and child members) and loyalty. I love than elephants attend the bones of their dead. I love that elephant females protect one another. I am incredibly saddened by the fact that they are vanishing.

My quilt is, like my animal, rugged. The fabric is a pair of my husbands old jeans. At least I hope that is the case. That might have been the pair he was waiting for me to sew a button on. I screen printed the background with what looked to me like an Indian or African motif. I got the image from a royalty free stock photo source that granted permission for artistic use as long as it was not pornographic. I manipulated the image and added the qualities I have described. I used free-motion quilting to highlight the lovely age lines.

Terry Pottmeyer

pippapatchwork — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:24:43 GMT

Well, no one has ever walked up to me and told me that I resemble an elephant, but when I thought about my inner animal that is what came to mind. Let’s see, I weigh a bit more than I’d like, I’m strong, I’m fiercely protective of my kids, and I often feel as if I am performing ridiculous tricks in a circus. Yep, that’s me alright: ‘Mumbo’. The upside? My outfits are all about sequins and sparkle.

Jeannette Thompson

Pokey — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:56:50 GMT

Here I Come
This piece represent the big, bright, powerful creative force inside me,

bursting to get out and follow its calling.

It is appliqued and machine quilted with hand sewn beads.

I used Shiva paint sticks to add shading and highlights before FM quilting it.