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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

African Safari - Bern Johnson - "Memories of a journey to Africa"

What should have been an easy challenge for me to do, turned out to be quite tough for me and gave me a "creative block".

 I love Africa and its animals, having long been fascinated with the Bedouin people, read the book on which the Out of Africa movie is based on by Karin Blixen  (in actuality Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke). 

 My ideas changed from day to day. Then I decided to do a photo quilt as I love making memory quilts,  featuring photos.

I finally came up with the idea of doing a quilted scrap-booking page as if I had indeed gone on an African Safari.  - mind you I am not a scrapbook-er but I do like this means of recording memories.

The photos on this page were sourced from members of a travel Facebook group that I am part of. Credits for the photographers appear on the reverse of the quilt.   

I chose lions as the animals in my quilt as I am a Leo and just adore the creatures. They are just such majestic animals. The strelitzia flower adds a bit of colour plus links the quilt to our current house, which had these flowers
planted in the front garden when we bought it.

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3 comments:

  1. Gem HomanApril 16, 2020 at 4:34 PM

    I like the idea of using the 'scrapbook' design. Lovely photos of the 'shumba' (Swahili word for lion)

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  2. Elizabeth Haggblom KulickApril 22, 2020 at 4:05 AM

    I used to scrap book! then went digital, I wouldn't mind going back and doing it again though. I love this idea, and your added elements on top of the pictures look really great!

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  3. Debra KonenMay 4, 2020 at 12:20 PM

    I like the unique idea of approaching this as a scrapbook page. The photos were also a unique way to approach this subject.

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