Wordless Wednesday 11-29-23

 

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Thank You, Anne 11-28-23

If you look back at my post on 11-22-23 and check the  comments you will find a lovely note from Anne in the UK.  Much thanks to Anne for this comment which cheered my day and all the days that follow.   Just to think that a fellow  quilter half a world away finds something worthy in my ramblings gives me SUCH a lift. And it causes me to remember my first face-to-face meeting with Jenny Bowker when I took a class with her at Road to California in Jan 2008 - so many years ago. It was early in the home computer era, but I had been reading blogs and started my own in 2007.  My favorite blog was Jenny's and I knew a lot about her and her life in Egypt where she lived at the time.  So, I was completely flummoxed when she greeted me as stranger!   It was an eye opener - of course I was a stranger, one of thousands of people who read her interesting blog.   I doubt I had ever left a comment for her. This experience gave me a greater reason to comment  on the few blogs I currently read. Only a few readers ever comment on  this blog  and they are usually friends I hear from by other means. Therefore, I REALLY  appreciate  Anne in England  -  Thank You, again. 

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Terese May quilt from the SAQA online 2023 Auction 11-26-23

 

I won the bid on six quilts at the online SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) auction.  One I gave to a friend who had admired it and who loves cats and  cat  images.  I did not photograph it before I  gave  it to her, so I copied  this from the  SAQA website.  Therese May is an art  quilter of long standing and lives  in the  Bay Area of California.  She started  using  paint on her  quilts before most artists  had thought of it.    Her  work is very individual  and unique in the quilt world.  

"Mental Health Cats"   Therese May -  California  12"X12"

Various fabrics, cotton batting and back.  Painted, Pieced, machine quilted. 

Therese's  Artist's Statement: "I truly believe that if we all could just pay attention to our mental health, there could be peace on earth."

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