There is nothing fiercer than a mother defending her young. When we humans discover this trait, we call ourselves the Mother Grizzly Bear. Don’t mess with Mama Bear!
The report that came out from the UN this week, about 1 million species at risk for extinction, got me thinking about all those wild mothers who try so desperately to defend their young.
Mother and cub fabric prints are some of our most enduring popular motifs…I suppose because many of us can relate to these images. The bond between a mother and calf, cub or chick in the wild is tender and unbreakable. If the offspring are threatened by danger or hunger, there is nothing that can stop the mother from protecting and feeding her young. The instinct is too powerful to resist.
On Mothers Day we celebrate our mothers who have nurtured, fed, taught, protected and encouraged us. Many of us are quilters because our mothers or grandmothers took us under their wing to teach us how to quilt and sew, and in the process they stitched a tight bond between us.
When you finalize your eQuilter order and check out, you have several choices for charities that support mothers and children…whether they are mothers in the wild, or mothers seeking to protect their human children.
There’s always a Mothers Day Gift Certificate for those of you who are looking for last minute gift ideas. We wish you and the matriarchs in your family, a very Happy Mothers Day this week!
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
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Luana’s Travel Calendar:
May 16-19 – Quilt Market
May 24-25 – Dairy Barn – Quilt National Opening – Athens OH
June 11-15 – Quilt Canada Ottawa – (lecture Fri 6/14)
July 18-22 – Sacred Threads & Not Fade Away (VA & DC)
eQuilter Classroom:
June 27-30 – Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli – Altar Quilts & Embellished Garments Workshops
July 11-14, 2019 – Cindy Lohbeck – Shibori, Ice-Dyeing and Ombre Dyeing Workshops
Oct 8-10 – Jacqueline de Jonge – eQuilter Classroom
