Happy Spring Equinox!
Today is the first Full Day of Spring which is always a cause for celebration here in Colorado. Our mountains are cloaked in snow, but our bulbs are pushing up through the ground, and the tree buds are swelling with our sunny mild weather. I am including a collage of a new collection of Sea Turtle/Ocean prints that just arrived this week….with warmer weather I think about visiting the coast later this year!
In Washington DC the cherry blossoms are at peak bloom, and I have just come back from an opening reception at the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Museum which is a couple blocks from the White House. I was there for the first day of “Sewn in America” which will run through December 31.
As you enter the exhibit, you read this description:
“Sewn objects surround us. They clothe us from birth, cover our bodies day and night, furnish our living spaces, line our coffins. Until recently, nearly every woman knew how to sew – knowledge imparted in childhood and employed through a lifetime.
Without formal art training, women used needle arts to express themselves. In quilts, embroidery, and other fancy work projects, they beautified their surroundings, made gifts of love and friendship, expressed emotion, proclaimed their identity, and conveyed their support for causes.
Sewn in America examines the way in which American women (and men) from the 18th and 19th centuries learned and deployed their needle skills to furnish their households, earn livings, and express themselves, with contemporary examples of the themes explored.”
My quilt “Stardust Mothers” is one of the contemporary examples chosen for this historic 2024 exhibit, and I also wrote a chapter about Craftivism in the companion book. If you are planning a trip to our nation’s capital this year, please stop to visit the DAR to see this exhibit, and all their other quilts on display from all the states, over the last 200+ years.
Be sure to check out my photos from QuiltCon 2024!
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Travel/Quilt Dates:
April 7-12 – Allegre Retreat
May 1-7 – London UK
