Heart in Hand
As you might guess, I’ve been trying to get caught up on a lot of “little bits and pieces,” mostly so I can get started on two big quilts I’m hoping to make this coming year. I had volunteered to make blocks for two projects. The first one is part of a fund-raiser quilt being organized by Annie Copeland. She has curated two great exhibits (so far, and a third is in process), and I’m fortunate to have two pieces in the second one: Myths and Legends. To see this show on line visit her website for the Fiber Arts Connection of Southern California: www.fiberartsconnsocal.org .
Annie asked us to make 12 1/2 inch square blocks in batiks using a heart-in-hand motif. So I did, and I love this block. Hope you and Annie like it, too! Annie will assemble all the blocks into a top, have it quilted, then use it as a fundraiser for her non-profit organization.
The second “block” (OK, rectangle…I’m not always wild about rules….) is for a (shhhh, don’t tell) wedding surprise. So if your name is Tristan and you’re getting married in October, stop scrolling here. Anyway, Tristan and Jon are getting “civil unionized” in October, I think because that’s as soon as they can (they live in Connecticut). A fellow pirate had what I think is the most sane idea on it all I’ve heard in eons: the government should be in the business of civil unions, whether between a man and a woman, two men, two women, whatever. They should not be in the business of marriage. Churches, synagogues, mosques and whatever should be the ones to decide who can get married in their holy place. Period.
This is a lot like Latin America, where you marry in the church, but also have a civil ceremony at the courthouse. If you don’t have the civil paperwork, at least according to most governmental rules, you’re not legally hitched. Sounds right to me. So here’s to Tristan and Jon’s civil union, and here’s to Deb Richardson who is assembling the top/quilt for them. And we won’t talk about how green with envy I am that Tristan and Jon are going to Greece in March for their honeymoon…..sigh…..