Sewing in the time of COVID-19 – Week 23
This week my interview was featured on the Quilting Arts Podcast, on the topic of COLOR. Set aside 40 minutes with a cup of tea (or something stronger) to hear this lively conversation about color trends with the hosts Susan Brubaker Knapp and Vivika Denegre. Look for Quilting Arts Episode 5 wherever you find your podcasts.
It’s Fire Season in the West. 185,000 acres are on fire in Colorado, and almost a million acres have burned in California, including the Big Basin Redwood Forest. (Which I visited in 2017 on a trip to speak at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles) A swirling weather pattern is bringing smoke to Colorado from Arizona and California, spreading into Nebraska. I see that many of my quilter friends in California have had to evacuate and go to shelters, just as school is starting, on top of the Covid danger. Some of these fires will be burning f or months. It feels like a repeat of what our Australian friends went through a few months ago.
Yes we are living through historic times, and I tell my kids that when they are my age, younger people will ask them what it was like…just as we have asked those who survived WWII what it was like. I wonder how many of you are documenting what is happening in a History or Story Quilt?
Coincidentally, this striking fabric came out earlier this year, meaning to be Macro-Cactus but I think it looks like the Covid virus. Maybe you’ll want some to put in a Story Quilt, and now you might want to add some Fire fabrics to that story also.
This week we got a very specific fabric for Sophie’s 2020 Story Quilt – an image of the CU Boulder mascots (Buffalo) in front of the Boulder Flatirons. If you know somebody who is a CU Buff alumni or football fan who would like this special panel, snap it up because it is a one-shot-deal! Sophie starts her freshman year of college on Monday, taking mostly online classes. She will only go to campus once a week for a chamber orchestra (small…and socially distanced!) and a private violin lesson.
I have recently updated our Face Mask Info Page with links to pages with Neck Gaiter instructions, plus a fantastic Japanese YouTube channel that will excite those of you tired of making the same old Face Mask design.
with Hope for the Future,
Luana and Paul
