This is a continuation of a previous post about the making of the transparent layered Vancouver City Map.
I searched for more ideas of how I could add things to the background to achieve my vision. One was a skyline. I printed out one and enlarged it to fit this piece. All I can say is "meh". Vancouver is not really known as a city, like Portland or Seattle. The skyline is short and not distinctive, in my mind. So, even though this was my first idea, I decided not to do it on this art quilt.
I kept going back to the idea of the new waterfront, which is distinctive. But it also isn't a distinctive skyline. We have an old apple tree, an old Fort Vancouver, a heritage farm, a couple of bridges, a couple of wildlife sanctuaries, and then just plain suburban sprawl. Ugh! So, it was back to searching for more ideas. I had a February deadline for the entry into the quilt show, and I was running out of both ideas and time. Here is what I finally settled on: places to visit in Vancouver. I downloaded the pictures, photoshopped them to the right size with borders, and printed them on prepared for printing fabric on our home printer.
I cut the pieces out, appliqued them to the background and voila! I had something to enter into the quilt show. It wasn't my original vision, and it isn't my finest art quilt, but it's done.
I hope you appreciate the steps that it took to turn this idea into reality.
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