Goldie inspects "A Storyteller's Quilt". What would we do without quilt inspectors?
I've been scratching my head trying to think of something of general interest to the Guild for today -- and I wondered, have any of you been interviewed in the Alliance for American Quilts ambitious project, Save Our Stories (Quilters' S.O.S.). It is an archive of interviews with quilters across the country. You don't have to be a published, famous, world-reknowned-teacher to be included (although there are certainly some of those in the mix). You just need to have something to say about your work and find someone to interview you. Oh, and you need to show one of your quilts, one that has some meaning to you. Every quilter has something to add to this sweeping look at American quilting today -- you, too! Yes, you!
My sister and I were interviewed as part of a project for a D.A.R chapter (we're not currently members) a few years back. If you are interested, here is my interview and here is my sister's.
if any of you live near one another, I suggest you think about interviewing each other! (Also, if you live near other members of this Guild, it might be time to think about getting together for a quilting bee...a subject for another diary?)
My interview features a quilt I made for my mother. It was one of my first quilts and I put my whole heart into it. In fact, the process of making that quilt healed the relationship with my mother -- and it did so before she knew I was making it. That quilt is the reason I make community quilts today, the meditative aspects of working with needle and thread are that powerful to me. When any quilt is made and given in love, the love is definitely palpable, even thousands of miles away. It amazes me that something as humble as a blanket can be such a vehicle for such a healing force.
Would the metaphysics of quilting be something you would be interested in discussing in a future diary?
Projects, project, projects... Ann and I are working on a quilt for AntKat presently. We're arranging her 44 messages in a field of rail fence blocks. We made all the blocks yesterday, in shades of blue, coral, and sand (the beach colors AntKat loves) and I'm pinning them on the design wall now. When I get the quilt pinned up in draft, I'll post a photo of it here.
Please share photos of your recently finished projects and tell us what you are working on now!
DK Quilt Guild Diarists Needed!
10/21 -- Florene
10/28 -- Melanie in IA with project updates
11/04 -- Pam from Calif
11/11 -- Sara R
11/18 -- OPEN
11/15 -- OPEN