Last March, the son of some good friends of mine turned 18. We are part of a collection of families that have been sharing weekly meals for over two decades, and Curtis is the eldest child of the whole lot. Since my own son is one of the youngest, it momentarily threw me that Curtis would be leaving home to start a new chapter of his life. I wanted to mark the event in some way that involved all of the adults in our community that have watched him grow up.
Last Friday, I attended a heartwarming fundraiser for the Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research located in Seattle, Washington. They have been working on ground-breaking biotechnology aimed at curing childhood cancer without the harmful effects of chemotherapy or radiation.
The wonderful women, Eleanor and Litsa, who host the online grief forum What’s Your Grief.com interviewed me about my memorial quilts. They posed some really thoughtful questions that really got to the heart of why I do this work. Click here to read their blog post.
See what the people at the hip dress shop, Donna and Toots, made with my red Wakame print from Kyoto Garden! Notice the way the outer pockets were lined up to create a seamless flow of the printed pattern. As always, I love to see what other artists and designers make out of my fabrics. Well done, Suzanne!
“I had wanted Lori to make a memorial quilt for years. My mother was in possession of a box of my father’s shirts she had erringly convinced herself were all “taupe”. It was a pleasure to turn over the garments to someone who truly cherishes and understands textiles. I was a recipient of sometimes daily emails and photos that tracked her progress and included me in details of the work. These emails and photos were so compelling that I ended up forwarding them to many relatives, and we all enjoyed watching the quilt come together through the ether. The quilt now lives on my bed, and just the other day as I lay awake in the dark, I was feeling the different textures of the fabrics side by side and realizing there was still more to explore about my beautiful quilt even with my eyes closed.” – Amanda (Lewis’ daughter) Read more >