If you drive through a town in Australia and there is lots of wrought iron around verandas and balconies it is usually a town which had a foundry. A lot of towns have at least some, but mining areas have more on older buildings, even if the mines are long closed.

Once I started drawing quilt designs I went through photos I had taken of the buildings and thought the lace work designs could be  interesting as applique designs with some modifications, and then they became quilting designs too.
 

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