Heart in Hand, plus pineapple
Disclaimer: if your name is Kate and you’re part of Frayed Edges, do NOT scroll down and look at the picture in this post!
OK….three friends and I formed a mini-art-group in January, and promptly got our first show at a coffee house near Deb’s house, thanks to Kate’s meanderings in Brunswick. Over the course of the year we meet once a month, and DebB has blogged about our meetings (with lots of fun photos). Lately, we’ve been doing “books” for each other. Each of us picked a size and a theme, and of course I’ve been horrid about keeping photos of what I’ve done, what’s in my book, and so on. Well, I’m trying to correct that, so here’s a first….
This month it was my turn to do pages for Kate’s book. Her theme is “hands,” and the size is 9.5 x 11 inches (or so). Her book hinges at the top, like a steno pad or tablet of paper. I’ve done the first side of the page, and have a fun idea for the second side (though which will be the first page and which the second is still up for debate). I liked the heart in hand block I did for Tristan and Jon’s wedding so much (if you’re curious check the posts for Aug. 28 by clicking on the August 2005 archive tab in the sidebar to the right), that I decided to do a variation on the theme for Kate. She and a friend, another Kate if I have it right (and given my memory for names, that is by NO means a sure bet), started Kitchen Table Cards . Their company is geared towards adoptive or adopting parents, so I wanted to make a page along those lines (and if they like it, they can even use my page for a card).
This time, it is a grown-up hand reaching down to a small child’s hand that is reaching up. Like Tristan and Jon’s quilt, both hands have hearts, and this time the stitching that outlines the hearts is the color of the other hand—because the love makes each a part of the other. Inside the heart is another stitched heart, and the word love repeated to fill the space. Behind the hands is the pineapple, the traditional symbol of welcome and hospitality even back to federal times. And quilted into the background are the words : The pineapple is the traditional symbol of Welcome and Ohana means family (thanks to watching MANY episodes of Lilo and Stitch the series and the movie!).
Now, if I ever get enough time, it would be fun to do a bigger heart in hand quilt jazzed up for the 21st century……