Hard to believe, but its time to turn your clocks forward one hour tonight, if you live in a Daylight Savings Time zone. Try to take a nap Sunday!
On Wednesday we announced our new comfort quilt drive –
For important details read the blog post here:
Quilts for Ukraine – Mission of Love
Feel free to donate directly to Mission of Love to help purchase food and supplies that are being airlifted to Ukraine. We are sending extra funds to Mission of Love and other relief organizations on the ground helping refugees now.
We delivered the last batch of #MarshallFire donated comfort quilts to the Wildfire Recovery Center last week. There are so many quilts there, which is wonderful. So many quilters from around the area have donated their time and fabric to make quilts for those who lost a home. We thank all of you who contributed to this effort. It looks like they have plenty of quilts for whoever might come into the center these last few weeks that it is open. So now we will focus on collecting quilts for Ukraine.
Saturday I went to see the “Live at the Met” opera streaming in our local theater. They replayed a performance of the Ukraine National Anthem that was given last week at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house. The Met is presenting a Concert for Ukraine on this Monday at 6 pm EDT. The concert will be streamed in the US on NPR, broadcast internationally via the European Broadcasting Union, and streamed live on the Met Opera website.
Today (Sunday) I am going to hear Sophie play in the orchestra pit in ‘Guys & Dolls’ at our local university auditorium. When I was in high school I was in the pit for Oklahoma and My Fair Lady, and for Don Giovanni in college. I think that is some of the most fun I’ve had in my entire life. (As much fun as a Quilt Festival!) I’ll be smiling for Sophie’s sake in the audience.
I always sit in the front row so I can see the costumes. That is the slippery slope that led me to this industry: admiring the costumes from the pit, getting the fashion design degree, starting in costumes then the garment industry, then the textile industry, and landed in the quilt industry. As my mother-in-law used to say….Life is what happens while you are busy making plans. It all started in the pit.
Praying for Peace,
Luana and Paul
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Quilt/Travel Calendar:
Now through Apr 9, 2022 – New England Quilt Museum (NEQM) “For the Love of Gaia” exhibit
Sat, April 9, 1 pm – “Intl Quilt Trends” lecture – NEQM Closing Reception, Lowell MA
June 15-18 – Quilt Canada, Vancouver BC
July 21-15 – Sacred Threads Weekend, Dulles/Wash DC
August 4 – Long Beach Quilt Festival
October 2022 – Luana’s Polar Bear Tour – Churchill Manitoba Canada
