This week my childhood best friend is in town…for her little brother’s memorial. We’ve been friends since 6th grade. Our mothers were born a week apart. (Pisces) I always thought of her as the over-achiever. She got a full ride scholarship to Stanford and got her PhD, then she got her law degree from Berkeley. She is a tenured professor in law and bioethics. We both have busy lives, but when we get together it is like no time has passed, and we can stay up all night talking. Do you have a friend like that?
When we were kids growing up in a small town, aching to escape to a bigger life, it was not cool to wear purple. However purple was my friend’s favorite color and she wore it with delight. She wore purple because it made her happy, and she didn’t care what anyone else thought. Then she shared her happiness and passion for life with those around her. When I was timid and unsure of myself, she made me laugh, and gave me permission to embrace any color…which was just embracing my true self.
When we don’t censor our creative selves, when we set free the colors of our soul, we never know who will be inspired by our joyful expression. I was lucky to have such a friend as a young person. Now I hope my work gives others permission to follow their wildest creative dreams.
International quilt celebrity and artist Lisa Walton will be here soon, and we’ll be laughing and playing with our own joyful expression in her workshop. Come meet Lisa April 14-15 and find out why she was picked to be the first international president of SAQA! (Studio Art Quilt Associates)
The Registration Page for the Love Your Mother Contest and Exhibit is LIVE, but you have until the May 15 deadline to make a quilt and try for the top prize of a newly introduced model BERNINA 570 QE machine. The juried exhibit will premier in Houston!
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
