One of the countless amazing views in our Evergreen State of Washington is across Saratoga Passage, from the town of Langley on Whidbey Island looking east across the passage to Camano Island and on to the Cascade Mountains. In any type of weather or any season, this is a grand view. I've tried to interpret this horizon with fabric and stitch, meaning to capture a fleeting moment in time for my mind's eye.
The April/May Quilting Arts magazine posed a Reader's Challenge called "Passages." We can interpret the word any way we wish, and I chose this real-life piece of our local geography. We'll see if it "passes" the juror's vision for interpretation.
Langley is a wonderful little town, full of tourists in appropriate seasons, and island residents year-round. There are lots of art galleries and great places to eat, fine dining as well as fast-food island-style. Langley is a short ferry ride from just north of Seattle at Mukilteo, or a longer but scenic drive accessing the island over Deception Pass on Whidbey Island's north end. Either way you go, it's like stepping away from the stresses of day to day life and entering another world of salt air and seafood - a mini-vacation in a day. Restful and enriching. Always.
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