I wonder if this postcard is a release from the emotional roller coaster I have ridden while creating, quilting and now finishing my Prairie Mary. I have never had the experience while quilting that I have with this piece. I wonder if it is because it is the first art quilt I have created with a soul purpose of giving honor, eye to detail and a sort of prayer for the family as they grieve, each day I quilt her, each day they are without their son...A type of journey reflecting on my own mortality, my children's mortality, my husband's mortality. This past weekend was our final weekend in Central Utah where the trailer has been parked and I have quilted, tipped a jeep and see my Porsche pup learn to play with other dogs and meet strangers without a bark....Our final jeep ride yesterday was one of familiar scenery that I saw as new scenery. The cows, the sky, the mountain faces, the vegetation...all in my desert scape and all around me. Tate built a log cabin with his family on their ranch at age 14 and so the little old cabin in back of our trailer also took on new meaning. I will create a card with this cabin to be in with the quilt. And finally, a scripture added to the rays of Mary, Luke 1:32, Nothing Is Impossible With God....
How many of you are enjoying Tonya the Unruly Quilter Lego quilt or creating one of your own alongside her? The bottom photo is the inside of a tree trunk and the first thing I thought of when seeing it was "These are little legos like Tonya's quilt!"......
How often I think of you all as I live each day! Thank you for being in my life...
Love, Em
6 comments:
Beautiful pictures, Em, and they really DO look like the little legos in the quilts! Celebrating God's bounty this weekend, picking grapes and making juice....jelly making comes next weekend! (Hmmm, wonder if I can find a recipe and supplies, and make wine?! LOL)
You're holding that quilt mighty close to that fire, it seems! I was afraid looking at it that all that beautiful, prayerful work would go up in flames!
Last night I took the kids to the drive-in movies so I could volunteer and they could watch the movie. I kept hearing snippets of the movie, and it seems the general theme was to cherish the time you have with loved ones because you never know how much time you have and you can never go back. I try to keep that in mind every day, and to love my children with all that I have. I know you do the same.
I've started a Tonya quilt and, yes, that does look like Lego.
Brrr Em - was it that cold?
xxx,
Great pictures!!! Yes tomorrow is not promised! So glad ur in my life too! Love U!
There is a spot in Northern CA called Orr Lake that looks so much like your pictures, fills my head and heart with such wonderful memories.
Fun, fun, FUN postcard Em! And beautiful photos. I think Prarie Mary has so much spirit, soul & LOVE in her, she will indeed be a blessing to his family.
HUGS!
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