This quilt was made for the 2016 exhibit
“Water is Life” which premiered at the United Nations in Geneva
Switzerland. It has traveled around the world to tell the story of ‘Rocky
Mountain Poison’ – when the Gold King Mine spill turned the Animas River orange
with toxins – and sickened communities downstream. My scientist friends in
Durango tested the water, and asked me to stitch the names of the toxins (that
were not being shared with the public) into the quilt.
Then our daughter was poisoned by VOCs (fracking byproducts – benzene styrene
and toluene) in her public school, and Earthworks helped our community to
identify what was happening. I never could have figured out that she needed to
be tested for VOC exposure on my own. They educated us so we had the strength
and courage to go after those who were poisoning our children and covering up
the truth.
After this story quilt traveled for 3 years, seen by over 100,000 people in
many venues around the world, I offered to sell or auction this art quilt to
benefit Earthworks…as a thank you for the work they do to protect our
communities.
The original idea of a fundraiser
auction began to grow into a larger dream when the International Quilt
Museum (IQM) in Lincoln NE asked to acquire the quilt!…and our 3
organizations agreed to work together to raise money with my donated quilt, and
then the quilt will go to live at the International Quilt Museum.
My birthday is next week. After raising money for charity for 20 years, I am
asking a favor of you…for my birthday. Would
you contribute $5 (any amount is appreciated) to help me raise $5K to support
the work of Earthworks?
EVERYONE
WHO MAKES A CONTRIBUTION will receive an invitation to an online webinar
about Art Activism and my quilt festival photos from around the world in 2019.
The one-hour webinar (date to be announced) will be in December, and the
invites will be sent out after our goal is reached.
Your generosity in making this dream come to fruition is greatly appreciated by
Earthworks, the IQM and our family.
Click
through to the GoFundMe site and scroll down to the links, to see photos of
the exhibit at the United Nations, links to Earthworks and IQM, and see a UN
video interview about this quilt.
This quilt was made entirely from fabrics I pulled out of the eQuilter scrap
pile!
(Leftovers from your orders – thank you!)
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
Check out our 180 videos from international quilt festivals, PBS TV, artist and
curator interviews on our eQuilter Video
Page. Subscribe and catch the latest videos on our eQuilter YouTube
Channel.
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eQuilter Classroom:
March 6-8 – MJ Kinman – New Exclusive Pattern & Class for eQuilter
April 13-15 2020 – Susan Carlson
June 1-5 2020 – Paula
Nadelstern
Luana’s Travel Calendar:
Jan 24-29, 2020 – Tokyo Quilt Festival – 1 day with Lisa Walton’s Japan Tour
Feb 19-22 – QuiltCon in Austin TX
