Hurricane Ida was a non-event where I live, but the news of flooding in Louisiana and even as far north as New York was heartbreaking. Then a weekend of reminders and tributes to the heroes of 9/11, along with the tragedies of Afghanistan brought on sadness and thoughts of helplessness. With the pandemic still taking lives and causing isolation and unrest, I am searching for reasons to dwell on the positive.
A happy art event is that Oddfellows Gallery in downtown Hattiesburg has invited SMAA members to display art on a monthly rotating basis. I am pleased that my Purple Ghost-Quilted Flowers was accepted for this first month's exhibit.
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| Oddfellows Gallery |
Making quilts for a family experiencing terrible illness helped several Pine Belt Quilters spread some joy. Working on these quilts gave purpose during the devastating news on TV during that week. Diane Jordan longarm quilted the four quilts we gave.
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| Quilting by Diane Jordan |
Senior Readers Theatre presented a program for the Petal Arts Council last week and will have one for PrimeTime at University Baptist Church next week on September 21st. We also made two videos to advertise OLLI (Oscher Lifelong Learning Institute through University of Southern Mississippi). This fun activity helps us to even laugh at ourselves.
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| (L to R) Steve Clyburn, Pam Powers, Dallas Gorbett, Betty Reid, Patrice Seal |
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Mrs Santa
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| With Eric Weill |
September is still miserably hot in the yard. I've enjoyed working on more stitched flowers, postcards, and small abstract pieces. |
| Stitched abstract pieces in progress |
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| Fabric postcards |
1 comment:
Awesome your group made quilts for families dealing with difficult times. Lovely fabric postcards and you looked adorable as Mrs. Santa :-)
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