Good Morning,
Last night was the first quilt guild meeting for my guild, Quilter’s Connection. It was a busy and fun meeting which included a new member’s reception, show & tell and a lecture by Martha Sielman who is the Executive Director of Studio Art Quilt Associates. This is a membership organization with 3,000 artists from all over the world. They make beautiful art quilts and work on promoting the quilts and the art form to everyone who will listen! Martha was also presenting her book, Masters Art Quilts Volume 2. If you have time today, you should check out their website:
While I was at the guild meeting, I was suffering from a horrible migraine headache. The ride home was tough with headlights glaring at me from the front and in my rear view mirror. I’ve never attempted an art quilt before but I just may try one depicting how I feel when these headaches attack. Sometimes I wonder what moves a quilt artist to make the quilts that seem so abstract and now I think I know!
Show and tell was fun as always! Not every member brings an item which may be a good thing with such a huge guild (378 members, not all present though). Those that brought quilts had gorgeous pieces. I was sitting there with my tumbler quilt feeling like I didn’t want to stand up and show my work. I kept thinking, “I’m not going up there”. Then it hit me that maybe so many people didn’t bring any work because they didn’t feel it measured up to the master pieces that we were seeing. So I decided to get up there and show my work and state that I was representing those who perhaps like to keep it simple. It did earn me applause and I do hope that for the next show and tell, everyone who worked hard on a piece this summer will have the confidence to show it off. Not every quilt can be an award winner. Not every quilt needs to be. Stand up, show your work and be proud!
Happy Quilting,
Sandi
Don’t forget the holidays are coming and now is a perfect time to order Little Quilts for Big Occasions!
