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| First border on CCII |
Here's a close-up of the navy. It's hand-dyed fabric from India and colorfast. When the commercial fabric is this dark, it usually causes me problems so this is a welcome change. The fabric has a more textured feel and drapes well. That made me think about the mercerization and other finishing processes on many commercial fabrics.
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| Navy hand-dyed Indian fabric |
Of course, now it needs another border. I plan to try some of the ideas I posted last month... After a short vacation.
SFO had a new exhibit after we passed security: Games of Chance. I don't gamble {don't enjoy it} but found this exhibit of the development of coin operated machines quite interesting.
The first automatic-payout, three-reel machine was invented in 1898 San Francisco by Charles Fey. Customers couldn't calculate the payout percentage because only three symbols of the Liberty Bell's 1000 combinations showed at a time. More advantage to the house. Charles also added bell sounds to his machine, a move copied by almost every other manufacturer since.
Liberty Bells are permanently commemorated with a historic marker at Battery and Bush. I've seen the marker and laughed at what people memorialize.
SFO had a new exhibit after we passed security: Games of Chance. I don't gamble {don't enjoy it} but found this exhibit of the development of coin operated machines quite interesting.
The first automatic-payout, three-reel machine was invented in 1898 San Francisco by Charles Fey. Customers couldn't calculate the payout percentage because only three symbols of the Liberty Bell's 1000 combinations showed at a time. More advantage to the house. Charles also added bell sounds to his machine, a move copied by almost every other manufacturer since.
Liberty Bells are permanently commemorated with a historic marker at Battery and Bush. I've seen the marker and laughed at what people memorialize.
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| Liberty Bell mechanical game |
The exhibit continued with games involving dice under glass bells {which looked like something in a physics lab}, wheels made like bicycles, and elaborate enameled machines.
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| War Eagle and Horn of Plenty enameled slot machines with a bicycle wheel of fortune machine |
The exhibit culminated with life size one-armed bandits. Frank Polk carved the cowboy in the 1940s, possibly as a self portrait.
Enjoy the day, Ann
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| One-armed bandits from the 1940s-70s |
Enjoy the day, Ann
21 comments:
The different colors in the border adds a lot of interest. I really like what you have going so far and look forward to seeing the next border. I don't gamble either, I found your pictures interesting. Thanks for sharing this aspect of history.
you are so bold with color... of course the different fabrics chosen make it richer than one fabric would have! More is better! The one armed bandits are hilarious! Thanks for including those!
Such a great quilt! Love the latest border strips. I agree, the variation of fabrics is super.
I really like your color variation in the border. It creates a good energy. Years ago, people made design decisions based on what fabric they had available so it's not anything new except to those of us spoiled with too much! Isn't it interesting how hesitant we are to go against the current 'norms' even though we consciously try to break out of the box in other ways all the time!
I'll bet that was an interesting exhibit! Loving the border. I know you'll decide on just the right one for the next round! It's coming together so nicely! XO
Love that border, with the high contrast and the improv piecing, it's really sharp. Somehow the contrast in the strings pops more too. Looking good!
I like how the darker sides balance out the red stars, so my eye is not now drawn automatically to either but bounces from place to place and somehow ends up focused back on the strings.
Love the different fabrics in your diamonds, looks great! I guess I'm reminded of Marti Mitchell's advice - "the more fabrics you use, the less important any one decision becoomes!"
Nice contrast, gives a lot of excitement.
And a little vacation time too, sounds fun Ann.
That is a fun border! Good job! I can't wait to see what you will do for the next border.
Thanks, Shasta. Looking at it again, I'm glad their are tone variations on each side. Summer vacation is providing a good break.
How kind of you, as always. You're right. Those fabric changes add richness. It took your comment to see that.
I thought they were amusing, too. Can you imagine trying to rob or shake one?
Thanks, Linda. I thought it needed a small border here. It wasn't entirely convinced until done.
Good energy. Such a nice statement. I think my reply to the rest of your comment would take a whole post! So many points here.
I now try to plan extra time at SFO just so I can take time to look at their exhibits in details. They are small gems. Fantastically curated.
think it works because this border is relatively narrow. Using Sujata's directions made it easy.
Good point: the dark and brightest fabrics are not in the same place. I hadn't realized how well that would work until now.
What a good point. And I think we all worry too much about our fabric choices. We can leave them in the stash for years but worry about wasting them by cutting.
Vacation is fun. We've been out of cell range until today. It's relaxing to not be able
To use electronics sometimes.
How kind of you, Patty. Thanks.
I seem to have missed a few posts from a number of quilters and this was one of them! Great border, complements perfectly.
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