{"id":11795,"date":"2026-03-11T11:05:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=11795"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:05:52","slug":"hope-and-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/hope-and-resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope and Resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last week I shared with you a beautiful portrait that was voted Viewers Choice at QuiltCon, featuring hand piecing and quilting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week I’d like to share another fantastic portrait – a bold figure that was machine pieced and machine quilted on a longarm frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Nyota” by Brooke Veale<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist Statement:
Nyota, whose name means ‘star’ in Swahili, is an embodiment of female empowerment. She was designed to inspire strength and unwavering grace. The star emblazoned on her chest serves as a nod to her name and symbolizes hope and resilience. It’s a representation of the battles fought and the victories earned, both seen and unseen. Nyota shines as a tribute to strength, courage and the brilliance within every woman who dares to rise.
(Original design, paper pieced)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every time I walked past this portrait quilt, there was a crowd of admirers. In fact I ran into an old friend (Barb Vlack) one of those times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you Brooke for giving us this inspirational, powerful image!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharing your passion for fabric…
Luana & Paul<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subscribe to my artist website and blog!<\/a><\/strong>
www.luanarubin.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travel\/Lecture Dates:
Mar 12 – La Plata Quilt Guild – Intl Quilt Trends Lecture
Apr 26 – May 1 – Alegre Retreat, Gateway CO
May 16 – New England Quilt Museum, Soul Stories Artist Reception
May 18-26 – Montpellier, France
June 4-5 – Featured Speaker – World Environment Day – Houston
July 28 – Aug 2 – Festival of Quilts – Birmingham UK
Nov 12-15 – Intl Quilt Festival – Houston<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit eQuilter’s Instagram<\/a><\/strong>, Pinterest<\/a><\/strong> or TikTok pages for Color and Design ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Luana’s Flickr Photo Pages<\/a><\/strong> for travel images, comment on our blog<\/a><\/strong>, or follow us on Facebook<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out our Video pages<\/a><\/strong> for interviews and show reviews.<\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week I shared with you a beautiful portrait that was voted Viewers Choice at QuiltCon, featuring hand piecing and quilting. This week I’d like to share another fantastic portrait – a bold figure that was machine pieced and machine … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creativity","category-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11797,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11795\/revisions\/11797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}