February page

The focal point of the February Journal Quilt, is a spiral in gold and silver. It is done in transparent overlay, where the metal fabrics are sandwiched between two layers of tulle and then raw edge appliqued on the top of the quilt.

The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols is a wealth of information. I often refer to it, but only afterwards. I don't use it to get ideas but to understand my ideas after I've worked through them.

The Spiral is very interesting. It is a spiritual symbol, symbolizing "the soul's journey, after death, along ways unknown to it, but leading to preordained byways to the central home of eternal being". (p. 909) It "conjures the development of strength or condition", "an open and optimistic motive" and is "linked to the wheel". (p. 908-909)

Posted by Ólöf I. Davíðsdóttir 19:39

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