Knowing the construction plans for this superb fitness center over the past 18-22 months ——. Well I wanted to be involved in a quilting Guild….
I dropped a volunteer card into the inquiry box… and a format-begins
Quiltin is therapy for the mind and spirit!
Wonderful Thursday here in Oklahoma City. I made so-so many blessed contacts at the grand opening of “our” Senior Health & Wellness Center!! As President of first Black Quilt Guild in NE OKC —- my goodwill and simple service-plus lifelong contacts and a new generation of 40-50 yr old talented professionals black folk!!!
My quilt connections are enormous-God’s blessings are abundant towards a Great future of Quiltin days to come. On Every wall and room — I envisioned fiber artwork-quilts on display by Oklahomans next year!
Joyfully. I’m full if Anticipation! Sixteen
I think I’ll recreate Cookie’s African Wall Hanging. Wow-visual impact!
The dream begins -AGAIN!
I love it! I find most often that people who work with fabric, threads, beads and buttons are settled, warm, earthy and hospitable! My fabric my sensory pleasure …. It seems to ground me! Then my creative visions bloom!
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Textile people are also people-people. They hardly ever work in isolation. Weaving, dyeing, embroidery, quilting and other forms of needle art are group activities, community projects, family businesses, and in many cases the livelihood of a whole village or region. This is the place where folklore is passed on from generation to generation, where young girls learn from the wisdom of the older generation, and where people take care of each other – physically and emotionally.
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Over the last 14 months…This has been an awesome curated journey for the five of us!!!
I vividly remember the first of our gatherings… at the Nora Hulsey Gallery (OCU Campus, OKC) The room was painted black for this luminous circle dilly-o ! We chatted and began pacing ourselves for HIGH CRAFT October 30-2023!!! I wasn’t sure WHO Lawrence Naff would be….. missing in pic! (L to R) Amy -Maria Anderson-Ann Solenski- and me!
Putting the strips of color together!!
Is it running out// standing still/// or moving right along? TIME
I spent 2 hours of casual teaching block construction of 12” BIRDS IN YHE AIR block for my STQG fellow quilter!!! One on One! She’s good. Will do super!!!
Contemporary Fine Craft Exhibition High Craft is an exhibition that showcases the diverse landscape of artists of color in Oklahoma who work primarily within the craft genre. The term craft refers to works done where the imagination and the hand of the maker are evident.
