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Quilt by "dahlialady"
If you would love to make a Jane Stickle quilt but are intimidated by choosing the fabrics check out the deal at Stichin Heaven. Once a month, for 24 months, you will receive fabric and instructions to make 10 blocks. They also carry the book. Visit their website for more information and options to make your own piece of history.
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Rubia, Inc. is a New Hampshire, USA, non-profit organization working with Rubia in Afghanistan to serve women in rural Afghanistan, through education, skills training and the promotion of their hand-embroidered textiles.
Named for a red root used to dye yarn, Rubia is creating new traditions in textiles by translating the heritage and skills of Afghan women into sustainable livelihoods. All aspects of the development and implementation of Rubia’s programs are rooted in Afghanstan, using community members at all levels to help build the economy and capacity in their home region.
EMBROIDERY IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF TRADITIONAL AFGHAN TEXTILES. Traditionally, embroidery has been women’s handwork, done at home, between domestic chores, to enhance their surroundings. Rubia integrates these traditional elements with the new benefit of earning an income while maintaining fragile elements of their tectile heritage: plant dyes, natural fibers and designs drawn from ancient Afghan tribal patterns.
Alternative livelihoods are the key to Afghanistan’s social and economic recovery. Subsistence farmers who had supported their families with poppy cultivation are now seeking other means of economic empowerment. Poppy flowers and other designs embroidered by women in the valley of Darrai Noor provide a legitimate source of income, a new tradition in textiles.
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, TOO, by purchasing beautiful Rubia embroidery to support a self-sustaining business. Visit their online catalog at http://rubiahandwork.org/catalog/index.html.
Rubia is a project of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE), a registered public charity, which provides non-profit status. www.saveourplanet.org
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- Gentle Reminder - Times a Ticking - take a few moments to post your six quilts and you will be eligable to win a stuffed and autographed Bernina goodie bag (thank you gizmo girl and guest artisits) in addition to being eligible to win Ricky's quilt! First drawing for the bags will be July 23. Remember the old saying? "You snooze you lose" Join the fun as we build our World Quilt Community.
Photo: Gregory Case - The Quilt Show's Official Photo Man
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Simply Mad, by member jogriffith.
This week more than 1000 quilts have been posted! Yeah - that is awesome. Remember, the drawing to win Ricky's Rhapsody Reality quilt will happen when we reach 36,000 quilts. In simple math that means only 6000 of our current members have to post 6 quilts. Nobody wins the quilt until our goal is met. Look through profiles and if someone has one or two quilts - contact them from their profile page and urge them to post their quilts. The instructions for doing it are posted in the link on the right that also gives details about this contest. Remember, quilts do NOT have to be made BY the person posting them - post family treasures, etc.
To remind you of the variety of quilts that are now in the gallery we have randomly selected this quilt made by member jogriffith for you to enjoy. Check out her pfofile page and see her fun and whimsical designs.
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I was looking through our quilt gallery last week and found so many great quilts that I felt compelled to let the artists know how much I liked their work. Funny as it happens several of the members are living out of the US. And one of them lives in Okinawa, Japan. Our last duty station overseas. What a coincidence! I have now been corresponding with her to find out what has been going on and what she enjoys working on.
In August she (Quilterwithhearts) will be coming to one of the tapings of The Quilt Show in La Veta, Colorado. We are planning on meeting face to face. All of this from just a quick e-mail regarding her quilt.
If you like someone's work let them know. You never know, there may be a friend just around the corner.
Lilo
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Tomorrow is Memorial Day in America. Most countries have a day set aside to remember those who fought for their country. This year's Memorial Day is poignant as we struggle world-wide with the war in the middle east. Whatever your opinions of the war may be (and this is not an appropriate forum to discuss them), we all need to take a moment to remember those who have fought for freedom and the current troops who serve their countries so valiantly.
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I want to thank all the mothers for:
....Now it's time for you to add your own.
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Recently, Alex got the following email:
"Alex's new show was the topic of our bee meeting the other night. We are saddened that she has taken this route of a computer show that we must pay additionally for. Several of our bee members have limited funds and loved watching simply quilts. We have others that have very limited computer skills and this turned them off to alex immediately. I just just very disappointed. I know this means nothing, but she has just lost 12 fans."
Here are some facts:
1. Alex did not leave Simply Quilts - HGTV cancelled the show, and in my words, left Alex and the entire quilting community out in the cold with no reasonable explanation of why. Over - done - kaput!
2. Watching Simply Quilts was not free. HGTV is accessible via Cable or satellite A portion of each month's bill goes to those networks. Many quilters never saw Simply Quilts because they didn't have premium cable service or lived in other countries where it was not shown.
3. Our options were: 1.Create our own show on the internet - 2. Do nothing at all. We felt the later was not really a vialbe option.
We realize that the likelihood of having any network accept our show was close to zero (they are just not interested in a quilting show) and if we had pursued the network option and gotten accepted, we (and all quilters) would be at the mercy of their executive decisions and neither Alex nor myself would have any creative control over the show. Alex did not have creative control with Simply Quilts. Many people don't realize that.
Regarding limited computer skills. I will use my mom and dad as an example and I wish to commend them. For the past 3-4 years, I have tried to get them 'tuned on' to email, but they continued to avoid it and not embrace it. The day Justin helped them join the The Quilt Show, it was daunting for each of them. However, they were determined to learn how to log on - read blogs, enter chat, and read and post in the forum. My mom has turned into a site junkie and signs on every day, sometimes several times a day, to read what's new. We have tried to make a very complex and complicated site as user friendly as possible. With a little experience and guidance anyone can do it.
I can honesty understand the knee-jerk reaction seen in the letter to Alex, but I also think that if we can educate and enlighten people on the hows and whys, they will understand and appreciate the fact that we are trying to do something really great for quilters. I continue to be thrilled that this endeavor is open to everyone worldwide - instantly.
Combine all that with the fact that there has never been a full-service, interactive web site for quilters to share information, post their quilts, chat, find shops, find shows, find teachers - well, - I'm preaching to the choir - cause you already know how great it is.
In the end - we realize that no matter how hard we try, we cannot please everyone. We will try to do our best to provide you with a site that will engage quilters and continue supporting the entire industry. We are thankful that Bernina shared our vision and saw the wonderful possibilities of using the internet and agreed to be our Production Sponsor - you can thank them yourself (marketing@berninausa.com) - We are also thankful to our site sponsors and members who have made the site so very exciting.
--Ricky
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