I mentioned in an earlier post that I finally got to see Paula’s exhibit at the American Folk Art Museum. It was jaw-droppingly gorgeous! I walked through it on my own and was trying to figure out why I couldn’t see where each piece of fabric started and stopped. I tried many angles and was truly puzzled.

Paula came after I had spent about an hour viewing the quilts and the amazing scopes that several of her friends loaned to the museum to be part of the exhibit. The scopes themselves were splendid works of art. Made from stained glass, hand carved wood, and one was a large piece of white glass, they were all spectacular!  Paula was there to give a private tour for a group of 35 artists from SAQA. The group leader for this event was another C&T author, Jane Davila.

Paula walked us through the exhibit explaining along the tour her inspiration, how she works and the various ways she creates her kaleidoscope quilts. Paula said, “I often camouflage the seams, because I always think about what I want the audience to see, I want it to look like a kaleidoscope.” She also told us that, “I put lots of stuff in my triangle and let symmetry organize it.” She explained how she creates all of these quilts and is terrible at math, I would have thought she used a complex formula to create these quilts, but no, there is no math involved.

I can’t say enough about how delightful and inspiring I found this exhibit. I met a charming young woman who coordinates donations for the museum, Kristen, and she was kind enough to give me several complimentary tickets to the museum to share with our blog readers. So, blog readers please share with me a comment about where you have found symmetry in your creating and we will give away 8 pairs of tickets for this wonderful exhibit.

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