Sharing a little comfort

I love to sew.
I love to quilt.
I love to make things.

And I practice random acts of kindness

... so I've put these together and now I make blocks and quilt blocks to give to a number of charities or whenever a call goes out following a tragedy.  My favorite is to make blocks (or entire tops) and immediately send them off to the latest drive.

The first quilt blocks I remember making for survivors of a tragedy were stitched over 20 years ago.  Perhaps you remember April 19, 1995, the day a truck-bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people (including children) and injuring hundreds more (for a few more facts about the Oklahoma City Bombing, click here).

The shock in the aftermath was intense and there was a call for nine-patch blocks to be made, one for each who lost their life ... the blocks were so numerous that they included both those who died and those who were injured.  The loss of children was hardest of all to accept, and I saw a call online
(perhaps through the Quilters Forum on America Online - AOL) for small angel quilt wall-hangings (mini-quilts) to be made for each child who died.  So many people participated that there were quilts for every family who lost someone that sad day.  As more quilts came in, everyone injured also received an angel quilt.

I made nine-patch blocks and an angel quilt.  I love how quickly quilters step up to make something comforting to share with anonymous people, trying to ease their pain and loss.  I also made a second angel quilt that I kept for myself (wonder where that small quilt has gone to?  It was on my sewing room wall for ages!) to remember this outpouring of love through quilts that I took part in.

Since then I have made block and entire quilts for a large number of charitable calls -- the biggest impact on me was the call that came after the Memorial Day Floods that devastated Texas in 2015.

"Flood Texas with Love" was the name given this drive which originated on InstaGram, such a fabulous way to reach out with love to those in need. Social media is an effective way for such drives.

Here's a few of the tops that I helped piece, finish into quilts and then gift away.  Each would have a label with our special logo for this quilt drive.

This drive called for 15" blocks made using the color slab technique explained in Cheryl Arkison's first book Sunday Morning Quilts (read more here).   We had Cheryl's blessing and she even sent blocks for our drive too.   I originally planned to stitch a few blocks but ended up being the Houston Contact Person.  Quilts and blocks landed on my doorstep and I was in charge of distributing them.

I landed this role as sadly I had many many friends that were flooded in Houston.  One family lost loved ones as well.  My friends were surrounded by neighbors who also flooded.  To this day, many are still recovering from these devastating floods -- in part because they have flooded again and again .... but that's another story for a different day ..... (click here to see some of the quilts from this drive).

Meanwhile, the shooting in Orlando at the Pulse nightclub happened (June 12, 2016) and a new call for blocks Quilts for Pulse (this time colorful heart-shaped blocks) was made also via InstaGram by Alissa Lapinsky.  Once again, I made blocks and this time they were sent to Florida.  In fact so many quilts and quilt blocks poured into Orlando that quilts were given to families who lost loved ones, survivors, first responders and many more.  Quilt Con in Savannah (Feb 23-26, 2017) had a special exhibit to say thank you to the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild and the worldwide quilting community who participated.  Share the love!

Then today I saw another call for quilt blocks from Leanne on her blog http://devotedquilter.blogspot.com/ and I've made five new blocks to send off, sharing more love and providing comfort and peace to strangers in need.

Click here to learn more about this most recent quilt drive and feel free to send a block or two.  Or wait as sadly tragedy will hit somewhere else and another call for quilts and quilt-blocks will be made.  I will be contributing again too .....and I hope you'll join me.

Just a little ....

💗Love 💗

It's what the world needs now

Please share a little now 

and

then, do it again.

 (can't possibly hurt!) 

💌  Thank-you  💌

Colorful quilts

I love making quilts.
It's a fact, simple and short and very very true.

But how many quilts can one household truly need?  Especially when their home is located in a never-snows-here climate?  What's a quilter to do?

I have found an easy answer -- I make quilts for charity!  In fact I make lots and lots of quilt tops that I donate to various causes (most are given to my traditional quilt guild and someone there finishes them).  Basically, I love to piece blocks and to piece together quilt-tops.

After this spring's severe flooding in Texas on Memorial Day, I joined a group formed on InstaGram (#FloodTexaswithLove) making many many quilts to give to the many flooded families.  Originally I planned to make a few blocks and send them in, but somehow I became the Houston coordinator and received many blocks, tops and quilts to finish and label before dispersing.  A few friends even dropped off their colorful scraps which I used to piece more blocks.  Below are a few of the completed quilts.

All the quilts above were all pieced using the Just One Slab pattern found in Cheryl Arkison's book Sunday Morning Quilts.  Many different people from across the country, and possibly Canada as well have made blocks and sent them to Sara.  Click here for my earlier blog post about how this drive started and for further information on how to make the scrappy-one-color block or click here for Sara's original blog post about this.  Many thanks to Sara (@supersara20 on IG) for initiating this quilt drive and also to Cheryl (@cheryl_arkison on IG) for granting us the permission to use her pattern for these colorful quilts.

Many quilters also donated quilts made using different patterns and techniques, as seen below.

A Trio of Scrappy Striped Columns

an Around the World pattern

A Modern Graphic Color-Study

A Texas-themed Split Nine-Patch

A Batik of Abstract Stars

An original design was used to make the labels for these quilts.  Thank you the gracious Instagrammer for the colorful logo which appears below.

Thank you also to Karri (@karriofberries on IG) for printing numerous labels for me.  Photos below show the label stitched onto a few of the quilts.

I confess that I have lost track of how many of these quilts have passed through my hands, but it is well over a dozen perhaps close to two dozen.  I have personally handed out some to dear friends that suffered from the flooding and must thank Marna M. and Jamie B. for helping to deliver more of these quilts.  There are still a few being quilted by other volunteers (so many have donated fabric, thread, time, and their talent and skill!), so I haven't quite closed up shop yet ... but I plan to end the drive as this year draws to a close ... any new blocks or scraps that may find their way to my home will be used for new quilts that will be given away to someone who in need of extra hugs from the world at large. 

Thank yous must be extended to the great InstaGram community of quilters including all those named above and many many more.  We love to sew and to comfort others, especially in their times of stress and discomfort.  Hugs to all who received one of these quilts and more hugs to the quilters who helped to make the amazing gifts of so many quilts happen.

Flood Texas with Love

The week-end of Memorial Day 2015 brought massive quantities of water flooding through several Texas towns.  The photos on the news that week-end and the days following were amazingly awful to look at and the news of the amount of loss, both the loss of life and the loss of property was heart-wrenching.

When I saw this logo posted on InstaGram by "supersara20", Sara,  I immediately wanted to join in and help with this great drive. 

credit to Brenna (IG - beknitpicky) for this great logo!

Quoting Sara  from her blog Southern Transplant:
The state of Texas is many things to many people.  To millions it is home.  Texas has recently dealt with severe weather including flooding and tornados in many areas, the worst of which was in Hays County and the city of Houston.  I am a resident of Hays County, I have had to deal with flooded roads, rain, high winds and losing a few shingles on my house.  I am one of the lucky ones.  Many others have had to deal with flooding of their homes and the loss of loved ones.  To date there have been 28 deaths associated with the flooding and several of these people are still missing.  There have been hundreds of houses flooded and many completely washed away.  As the flood waters recede people are returning home, to find mud, mold, venomous snakes, fire ants and rodents in their homes making the clean up that much more difficult.

The idea is for the community of quilters to Flood Texas with Love (and with Quilts).

Sara obtained permission from Cheryl Arkison, who has graciously given permission for us use her Just One Slab block from her book Sunday Morning Quilts which is a fabulous book (I own a digital copy).  

 The directions for the color-slab blocks can be found on pages 48-49.  

Cheryl gives directions on her blog, Dining Room Empire.  Click here for the specific post or keep on reading as the following is quoted directly from her post:

If you don't have the book (Sunday Morning Quilts), let me summarize how to make a slab:
Take two pieces of fabric and sew them together. Do that a few more times. Then start sewing more pieces to those first pairs. Sew groups together. Add additional pieces of fabric as necessary to get up to your finished size. Start with small bits or big ones, it doesn't matter. Raid your scrap bins and go with what you've got.

Sara adds to make each block using one color per "slab".  Any color.  Each block should measure 15.5" square.  The hope and plan is to make quilts 60" x 75" in size, in a rainbow of colors.   Sara is collecting blocks through the month of June, then the piecing, quilting and binding will be completed in July.  

So far I have made four slabs....

 an orange one came first...

 then a green one ...

 then not one, but two blue ones!

I discovered that piecing two slabs at a time is very time efficient.  I love this creative way of using up the fabric scraps that I can never toss into the trash.  This is a fun block to piece, perhaps because there are no specific rules. The directions are to improvise as you go, ending up with a block that measures 15.5" square.  I believe improv piecing is quite freeing! 


Thank you to Sara and to Cheryl for this wonderful project.  I have so many friends who lost so much in the flooding, specifically here in Houston, but also all across our mighty state.  The time to heal is now and sadly it is moving forward ever so slowly.  I know it is still hard for many.  I hope that these quilts, when presented to their new owners, will provide them with much love and with new-found strength.

Here is Cheryl's update on the Canadian floods from 2013, with photos of the quilts made then.  Click here.  She also acknowledges the drive we are currently holding in Texas to help flood fellow Texans with love and quilts.  How awesome is that!  Besides piecing slab blocks, I am also helping to quilt and bind the finished quilts too.  An amazing project that I am very proud to be a part of.... truly.


If you would like to join us, it is not too late.  Make a slab or two -- in your favorite color or in whatever color is most predominant in your scrap bins.  If you can't make a block(s) you can donate through Paypal to sara_stetson@yahoo.com in any amount.  All money will be used for quilt materials (batting/backings/thread/binding), shipping and long arm services. Any excess money collected will be donated to the Red Cross of Central Texas.  (Sara is happy to provide documentation if requested to show the donations are used correctly!)

Please email Sara at sara_stetson@yahoo.com or send her a private message on Instagram @supersara20 when you have blocks that are ready to send to Sara in Austin, or contact me in Houston.


Thank you all in advance!


#floodtexaswithlove

My March finish

I've been busy this month and have finished my UFO of an ancient JoAnn's Block of the Month program.  Remember these blocks?

I cut 8 1/2" squares of some similar era (as in old, probably JoAnn's remnants) Christmas prints and pieced together this diagonal row-by-row top.

It is destined to be a charity quilt, as soon as I turn it into my traditional guild, the Quilt Guild of Greater Houston (QGGH), to be quilted (or tied) and bound.

I also finished not one, nor two but four blocks for this special hush-hush quilt for a friend in my modern guild, the Houston Modern Quilt Guild (HMQG).  Hopefully we have enough blocks collected now to finish this quilt for one of our members -- hush-hush.

This is called the Japanese x and + block and it was fast and easy to sew.  It finishes to a 12.5" size (or 13" unfinished).  Megan of CityStitches has posted excellent directions in case you wish to make your own Japanese x and + block on her blog here:

http://citystitches.blogspot.com/2012/03/japanese-x-and-tutorial.html

I did more stitching and pieced another charity top for my traditional quilt guild, QGGH.  So next month I will be turning in two quilt tops to our Comforters Corner (charity quilts we make and give away) in April.

Of these three projects, I like the Japanese x and + polka dot blocks the best.


This completes my month's "A Lovely Year of Quilt Finishes" challenge.  Join our monthly challenge group, or click here to see the others who have completed their March goals and posted links.  I am linky #29 (gotta love a prime number!).  On the Goals for March page where the Goal Setting Party is happening, I am linky #58 (my goal linky is twice my finish linky - more math fun).
 

UFO to work on....

Trying to clean out old projects, give away old fabrics, basically make new space in my sewing area (it's too messy at the moment to call it a sewing studio!), I came across these blocks.  They are from a Block of the Month from JoAnn Fabric and Craft stores several years ago.  I did not purchase the blocks when they were first being released (one per month), rather I grabbed them from the clearance section.  I've done this before -- I buy multiple sets of the months I like and then create my own new setting for the quilt.

 

These blocks were already all pieced.  The quilt has a Christmas-y feel, but you may not get that from just these four blocks.  These blocks are my project to finish this month for A Lovely Year of Finishes.  I plan to come up with a new setting, and find other fabric in my stash to use to finish this into a lap size quilt which I will then donate to my local traditional quilt guild's charity quilt collection.  Click here to see who else has joined this month's challenge by setting their goals of finishing one project and sharing the progress (or lack there of) with the Lovely Year of Finishes gang.  Look carefully to find me; I am linky #58.

Also this month, I must piece a few new blocks from new fabrics for a "Hush, Hush, surprise quilt" for a quilting friend -- and that is all I can say about that at this time.  But I will share the fabrics that I aim to use.  

Here's a hint for the "hush hush" theme -- do these colors and polka dots make you think of Mickey and Minnie Mouse?  These blocks are my NewFO for March.  Sadly, Cat Patches is no longer running her NewFO challenge - it ended in January 2015.  Sigh.  It is still fun to start new projects though and I love that she gave us the permission to start something new, guilt-free.

charity quilts-to-be ...

Here it is ... documented evidence that I have accepted the challenge to make charity quilts for the Houston Modern Quilt Guild using these donated fabrics which have been bundled primarily for this purpose ....

I selected this blue/green bundle because there are a few fabrics in it that I really love.

The funny thing is that I selected this second bundle of warmer colors for the same reason - I really love some of the fabrics included in this collection, too.

The funniest thing of all -- these were bundled because the charity chairs thought these fabrics were simply to ugly to be used for anything else, so why not bundle into color groupings?   There were even more groups that I liked a piece or two tucked inside, but I resisted.  I was strong.  I only took two bundles, however I am getting worried.  Is my lust for need-to-own-more-more-more fabrics blinding me?  Or do I have a hugely wide range of colors, prints, fabric lines, etc. that I love?

Sadly the answer is probably Yes, to both queries!  When (and where?) does the Fabric-Lust-Support Group meet?  What is their name?  Fabriholics Anonymous?  There is no offense intended toward the many bonafide and extremely helpful support groups in the world, but I do think I might need to enroll in something .... somewhere ... or start the first FA group myself.  What do you think?  Are you in?

Meanwhile, I ponder ... hmmm, what to make, what to create, what to do with these two collections before you ... after all, I have promised to make at least two charity quilts using these fabrics.  Fortunately, the deadline is eons away ....

Knitting practice

I'm busy practicing my knitting skills -- but I have difficulty remembering the order of knits and pearls when doing a simple pattern.  How will I ever master doing cables or other fancy knit designs?  Fret not, just keep practicing....

Rather than knitting more scarves for everyone I know, I'm now knitting 8" squares.  They will be pieced together into larger patchwork knit blankets and given to SEARCH Homeless Services here in Houston.  Eventually my simple practice squares will help warm someone struggling to get back on their feet.  Think I'll get prettier yarns for my next batch of knit squares ....

SEARCH Homeless Services works to engage, stabilize, educate, employ and house individuals and families who are homeless. Our essential services are highly effective in transforming lives because we meet individuals where they are and provide what they need to get off the streets and back on their feet.
Learn how you can help by looking at the SEARCH website at http://www.searchhomeless.org/

Or start by knitting some 8" squares ....

IB♥L II: Give A Little

I have just learned that the IBOL guy is at it again!
and I quote:

The Iraqi Bundles of Love project has shifted back into gear, with IB♥L II: Give A Little. The current effort, IBOL 2.1, runs through September, with a due date of Friday, 01 October, 2010, for getting bundles into the mail. IB♥L II: Give A Little is in support of Salah ad Din, in northern Iraq, and includes the area in and around Tikrit.

It is time to share the wealth with an impoverished country continually under fire .... for the small price of $12.50, the flat-rate postage for a US Postal System box overseas (well, to an APO address), you too can share your overabundance with women in another part of the world who excel at making the most of the very little that they have while living in a war zone.

I am talking about Iraq and the renewal of one soldier's efforts to leave a country with gifts for the needy there.  Perhaps you remember my posts of last September about IB♥L which stands for Iraqi Bundles of Love.  One soldier, commonly known as "The IB♥L Guy" asked for sewers and quilters back home if they would send a small bundle of needles, fabric and thread to him which he would then place in the hands of an Iraqi family.  His request reached the eyes and ears, via the internet, of thousands of open-hearted women and men .... and packages flooded in, far far surpassing his wildest expectations!  Read back through my posts (start here) or go to his blog:  http://ibol.wordpress.com/ to read more there.  He is also on Facebook (isn't nearly everyone?)  Better yet, join the spirit of IB♥L II, and Give a Little ... or give a lot!

Click here to see the 2-page pdf flier the IB♥L guy made for this year's IB♥L II: Give A Little.

For more information on what to send, click here.  Think: large pieces of fabric (soon to become clothing or bedding or curtains or ....) and toss in thread and needles too.  Be generous -- you'll feel so much better!

For more on how to bundle it, click here.  This make it easier to unpack and deliver, once your IB♥L has arrived.

Now move fast -- the deadline is Friday, October 1st, 2010.  All IB♥L packages must be postmarked by Oct 1st to arrive in time for delivery.  I'll write more soon, but need to gather some fabric to share with another .....



By the way, last year, this group effort sent 3,445 bundles to Iraq.  Wonder if we can top that this year?  and if so, by how much?  (IB♥L II count is 59 so far ...)


Are you wondering if this IB♥L story is a scam?  If so, click here -- or think of this:  You probably have more than you need, right?  Does it really matter who you are gifting it too?  You can choose to mail a bundle to IB♥L or donate your extras to a local charity ..... or both!

Plaid Cats

I've been finishing up UFO's lately.  This is my current favorite as it features blocks I made over 10 years  (possibly closer to 15 years) ago and traded through a quilt group with America Online (back when my AOL email was calicocath, I think?)  Without further ado, here are my Plaid Cats:

This swap was originally hosted by Ida Tyson from Odessa (did anyone else swap these cats?) using a pattern from The Cat's Meow: Purr-fect Quilts for Cat-Lovers by Janet Kime.  Originally published in 1994 by That Patchwork Place, a special 10th anniversary special edition came out in 2004.  We made the 5" x 8" plaid cats using homespun plaids, a current fad back in the mid 1990's though hard to find even in quilt shops.  Do you see the smaller kitten blocks?  We traded these blocks (which measure 2 1/2" x 4") in a swap hosted by Jan Leming, formerly from Slidell.

This quilt top measures 60.5" x  84.5"

Typically, when I trade blocks in a swap, I have not pre-determined a finished size, plus I make extras.  I used 35 leftover cats to make a 2nd Plaid Cat quilt top.  It will be given to my quilt guild, Quilt Guild of Greater Houston (QGGH), to donate to a local charity.

This Plaid Cats quilttop measures 35" x 40" although I may had a simple border before finishing it.

Now to decide how to quilt these two tops .... I must think up something delightfully purr-fect!  Any suggestions?

Two IBOLs

I managed to package two IBOLs to send to Iraq and did not even make a small dent in the over-abundance that is mine.


As you can see, by following the specified directions (click here), the bundle of sewing items (fabric, yarns, notions, etc.) will be easy to unpack and deliver to two Iraqi women.


I am hopeful that this program will be continued in some manner -- and will post here if I learn that this happens. But even if it stops now, the current count of IBOLs arriving in Iraq has far surpassed the IBOL Guy's original dream. Quilters make me smile when I see evidence of their generosity.

Meanwhile, I have learned of other groups that send care packages to our American military personnel (men and women) stationed in Iraq and elsewhere. Click here and here for information on two of these.
Continue to pray for peace in our world in our lifetime....

... it could happen ....


Before you go, click here to see the warehouse where all the IBOLs (mine included) will be kept until the distributition. Approximately 500 have been received as of this posting, and that number is sure to double or triple (that's my humble guess).
I can hardly wait to see what the final total is!

Hurry & purge/share

I have just learned of an amazing project called Iraqi Bundles of Love (or IBOL). It is a simple idea dreamed up by one of our American soldiers in Iraq who is about to return home. The IBOL guy wants to leave something positive behind in Iraq by helping women in the war-torn region get back on their feet.

To help with his vision, gather a bit of your fabrics (plain or prints, simple is best, any is appreciated), thread, yarn, needles and such that you are happy to send to another with far less (click here for more on "what to send"). Stop by your local post office and pick up a large size APO flat rate box (or more than one). Click here to see how "to bundle" your gift. Then gather, pack, label, and send (costs $11.95 to ship to APO address). It is that easy.

Click here for a photo of one IBOL that arrived.

Here's the catch -- your IBOL Must be Mailed by Tuesday, September 8, 2009 to reach its new home in time.

Click here and here for more photos of arriving IBOLs. (sorry, I am unable upload images directly so you'll have to click to see them).

Thank you to Karey Bresenhan, Director of the International Quilt Festival (Houston, Chicago, Long Beach) who shared news about it through the Quilts, Inc website (click here to see her message) and has started the Festival Brigade. I heard about it via contacts that all link back to Karey.
Thank you to the many quilters, knitters, and crafters who have shared their bounty with these Iraqi women, including Sew, Mama, Sew! who coordinated the first large effort of over 150 IBOLs (click here for her cute photos - love the baby!) and Happy Zombie for the IBOL button (click here to get yours) as seen in sidebar of my blog.


Join this incredible effort to make a difference.


I will close with Karey's words:

I know how much receiving a Bundle of Love would mean to me if I were living in the conditions the Iraqi women endure, and I urge you to take action IMMEDIATELY to participate in this fine project. What an impact this can make.
* The extra stash was paid for long ago.
* The postage will run $11.95 if you use the APO flat-rate box.
* The box is free.
* The goodwill is priceless.


Please excuse me now, as I have fabric and thread to bundle and send .... email me for the address (or there are links in Karey's message too).

2009 Breaking Traditions ....

With this year's theme of Home, proceeds benefiting A Place to Bark, my earliest idea for this exhibit was of my cat Tabitha. She was a wonderful calico kitten -- a birthday gift many moons ago when my family first moved to Texas in the middle of my sixth grade year. Growing up military, I was accustomed to moving and perpetually being the new student in school, but this was the first time we moved during the school year, and we moved just before my birthday. My frequent request for a kitten was finally granted that year. Tabitha brightened my childhood, living to a ripe old age of nearly 15.

However my quilt for this year's Breaking Tradition show is not of a cat. In fact here is an early photo ....


Instead of memorializing my beloved pet (and also honoring the beneficiaries of this year's show), I began creating a yellow brick house. The bricks are made of hand-torn handmade yellow paper. This was taken while auditioning backgrounds .... needless to say, this batik did not survive the cut.

To personalize my little home, I added photos of my dearest ones in the windows -- and yours truly is about to walk through the front door.


Inspired by two Beyond the Border's friends Connie Fahrion (with her thread trash technique and article in Quilting Arts) and Mary Ann Littlejohn (with her free-motion embroidery tree postcard), I created a tree for the sideyard of my quilt.

I was surprised at the fun I had playing and creating with loose threads and yarns. Thank you Connie & Mary Ann for the inspiration!

Also, thank you Lynn Krawczyk for changing the orginal 'must receive by' date to a 'must postmark by' date, as this enabled me time to finish and mail my entry in time for this year's show!

To see a full view of my finished quilt, stay tuned for the opening of the 2009 Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit later in September at the American Sewing Expo in Novi, Michigan.

Saline, Michigan

Last year's "With One Voice" the 2008 Breaking Traditions Traveling Art Quilt exhibit is still traveling and will be debuting in a new venue, an art gallery in Saline, Michigan.
Check out the website for Two Twelve Arts Center (snippets below) or the Breaking Traditions blog ...

from Two Twelve's website: July - Breaking Traditions Traveling Art Quilt Exhibit
A traveling art quilt exhibit crafted by quilters nationwide and curated by Lynn Krawcyk, as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. The theme is: "celebrating all that is good in the world." All quilts are 12"x12".
Exhibit runs July 1 - July 30.
Artist Reception: Friday, July 17, 2009 7:00pm-9:00pm

The 2008 Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit is currently on exhibit at the 212 Arts Center in Saline, Michigan for the month of July.

The mission of Two Twelve Arts Center is to provide a creative hub offering visual and performing artists the opportunity and working space to come together to work, create, and teach.

The Center also contributes to the cultural life of the residents of Saline by supporting a full schedule of classes, programs, performances and exhibits. We look forward to providing a framework for a vibrant and supportive arts community with varied opportunities for artists, students and audiences.

from the Breaking Traditions blog:
Breaking Traditions is very honored to exhibit in this stellar center. The exhibit hangs on both levels of the center and is accompanied by additional artwork from local Michigan artists that participated in the 2008 exhibit.

You can also see work from Jacqueline Lams, Sidney Savage Inch, Leann Meixner, Deb Kolar, Jean Canavan, Joan Potter Thomas, Kat Campau and Lynn Krawczyk.

There will be an opening reception on Friday July 17 from 7pm-9pm.
Enjoy the show!


from me: If you are able to go, be sure to send me photos! Oh, and look for my piece (honoring Henrietta Szold). In the postcard photo, it is on the bottom row, second from the right end, the dark red one with a photo of Ms. Szold.



Time to plug the upcoming 2009 Breaking Traditions Art Quilt exhibit:

Breaking Traditions has become a community effort, helping to support the fundraising projects of fellow fiber/mixed media artists. The 2009 exhibit will benefit Bernie Berlin's dog rescue, A Place to Bark. In honor of Bernie's efforts to find orphaned and abused dogs permanent loving homes, the theme for the 2009 exhibit is Home.

The exhibit features 12"x12" art quilts. Participants for the 2009 show will express those things, memories or emotions that define home to them. Deadline for entries is coming up -- August.
This is an open call exhibit, everyone is encourage to participate.