OCTOBER CHALLENGE------ Beloved Memories
We have all had things we loved and lost or have memories of things precious we keep close to our hearts. I thought a good challenge for all would be to interpret one of these into an art Q.
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The news and life make us aware of the fragility of our circumstances but the spirit keeps rising and we love newly while not forgetting and treasuring the past. Quilters are very good at this. So let's haul out some of that past and share it in a new way with some art Q's.
Perhaps grandma's recipe for brownies? Write it on cotton and make it into a kitchen wallhanging. (Which you could then give to someone for Xmas?) Etc.
Can't wait to hear what you all come up with and I hope some of your efforts wind up serving to fill out your gift list also.
A little personal note; This month because of our personal situation we have been doing a lot of wallowing in 'the good old days'. (Long story short; we left our fantastic home and personal goods in the care of a property manager who did not pay the insurance as agreed. Of course the house and all my husband's musical compositions and my older quilts all burned along with all else. We just came back from suing him where we stripped him of most of what he owned but it was no where near our losses for paid off house and retirement income. Soooooo........ as we start our lives over freshly at 65.... I found some actual shreds of fabric in the burnt out debris that did not totally burn to cinders and plan to incorporate this into a wall hanging along with a few scraps of one of my husband's compositions from 1972.)
Should be an interesting exercise for all who give it a try.