We just got home from the Sacred Threads event Monday night, and our weekend gave us a lot to think about. Somehow we had several conversations about Left Brain and Right Brain, so it seemed appropriate to share this quilt by Judith Roderick – “Heart-Brain Coherence” which talks about the need for balance, for Mental, Emotional, Physical and Spiritual Health. This hand-painted quilt (in the center of this collage) is also embellished with applique and buttons. Judith’s brilliant eye-catching quilt is hanging just to the left of my quilt, in case you go to see the show this week!
We had such a jam-packed weekend, as I described in our Saturday newsletter. On Sunday in Washington DC, Sophie and I went to the National Portrait Museum, and then to the Holocaust Museum. We have visited both of these several times, but we both noticed that the first part of the Holocaust Museum was packed with a serious silent crowd that moved very slowly, and seemed to be reading every word about the events that led up to WWII. It made quite an impression on both of us.
Monday we had a very special visit to the Peace Tech Lab at the International Peace Institute. This beautiful new building with soaring sculptural architecture is full of white marble and glass, and we had a breathtaking tour of the facility. Then we went next door to the adjacent building which houses the Peace Tech Lab. I had asked the founder of Engineers Without Borders if he would suggest an appropriate place for my “Mothers of the World” quilt, and he immediately suggested this organization. So this quilt will be installed in one of their meeting rooms, to inspire their staff as they plan ways to spread Peace in refugee camps and impoverished shanty towns, via apps and cell phones and social media.
In particular we talked about three 13-year old girls who live in a slum in India. They designed an app that will send out an emergency alert to their local community if the app user is threatened. These brilliant girls sleep on slabs of cardboard at night. We discussed putting together a batch of donated comfort quilts to send to these girls and their community. When you have no home, no bed, no possessions…you can’t imagine the meaning of a handmade comfort quilt that is donated by a stranger on the other side of the world.
We will have several opportunities to donate quilts to those in need, going to places like Pine Ridge SD, India, Guatemala, Nepal, and hopefully an orphanage in Africa. If you are working on charity quilts, keep us in mind over the next few months. We are focusing on mothers and babies, and children at risk. Together, we CAN make a difference.
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
* The collage above features Judith Roderick’s quilt in the Sacred Threads exhibit, open through July 28 in Herndon VA. Also featured on the left and right – Rainbow Digital, plus Black and White fabrics in stock now.
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Luana’s Travel Calendar:
July 30 – Aug 6 – Birmingham UK – Festival of Quilts
Oct 16-22 – Winnipeg & Churchill, Manitoba Canada
Oct 25-31 – Quilt Market & Festival – Houston
Nov 13-17 – Color Marketing Group – Tuscon AZ
eQuilter Classroom:
Sept 13-15 – Cas Holmes – FRCQ Workshop
Oct 8-10 – Jacqueline de Jonge – Enchanting Stars & Dream Flight – Registration OPEN
April 13-15 2020 – Susan Carlson
June 1-5 2020 – Paula Nadelstern
