Our Friday adventure was an outing to the annual orchid show at Chicago Botanic Garden.
This year's theme is, obviously, India.
The tickets are timed-entry which helps with crowd control at this very popular show. I checked out a parking pass at the library which saved us $10.00.
Regenstein Hall was draped with fabric that evoked saris. (I was last here in November for the Fine Art of Fiber quilt show.)
The corridor to the greenhouses featured this display.
It is impossible to take a bad picture of an orchid.
The peacock's tail was all orchids.
Stevens enjoyed it, too.
An orchid-bedecked rickshaw (tuk-tuk).
# # # # # #
Most were 3 x 6 though some were smaller. Three placemats with more in the works.
# # # # # #
Tommye McClure Scanlin is a tapestry weaver (and professor emerita) who has woven her journals for more than a decade. Her book features journal, diary, and calendar projects created by more than two dozen fiber artists. They describe their particular medium and their inspiration.
There is a temperature quilt by a quiltmaker who lives near me (though I don't know her). Of course I was reminded of the journaling Julies: Julie in GA Julie and Julie
My blog is the closest I've come to keeping a journal. It helps to have specific interests to chronicle (quilts, reading, travel, and so on). I admire all the fiber artists who document their lives and their reactions to the world in their work.
Linking up with Design Wall Monday Oh Scrap Sew and Tell
What a beautiful orchid show... I like the display in the corridor. Everything looks so lush. Glad you and Steves get out of the house in the crummy weather we've been having. Although today has warmed up quite a bit.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the orchid show was lovely... especially in the doldrums of February! Lovely placemats. Thanks for sharing in my Sew & Tell party.
ReplyDeleteOrchids are so pretty and such a great variety. Your placemats look like tapestries.
ReplyDeleteWhat a joy to spend time with all those orchids! So glad the weather cooperated so you could go. And thank you for the book review and recommendation.
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine how beautiful the orchids were. Thanks for sharing photos.
ReplyDeleteyes lovely lovely orchids...hardly see them in maine but here many collect them and manage to keep them well...i never knew there were so many varieties...nice batiks, can't go wrong with them either
ReplyDeleteYour placemats are so lovely--nice work on these-- the color blending is perfect! Thanks for the shout-out, too. ;))))) hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteThose orchids are beautiful, Nann, and such creative displays of them! That looks like a fun adventure. Your half rectangle blocks are making nice placemats. I think of the blog as a sort of journal, too! Have not tried making a temperature quilt yet, though.
ReplyDeleteThose orchids are gorgeous, and your photos of them are wonderful! I used to enjoy the orchids in the tropical dome at the Mitchell Park Conservatory in Milwaukee when I lived there. I love the half-rectangle placemats. Thanks for the mention. My blog is the closest I come to a journal, although I haven't been very faithful about it lately.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a wonderful display of flowers. Probably a nice change from all the browns of winter. Your Batik triangles sewed up beautifully!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun activity--seeing those beautiful orchids, in the middle of winter!!!
ReplyDelete