Blessings

The Blessing of Mary upon this house
Ever upon it

velvet, found fabrics, wool, cotton threads, hand stitched

 detail of the blessing of Mary

The blessing of the SPIRIT upon this house, on man and woman
velvet, wool, found cloth, cotton threads, hand stitched

All the blessings measure about 8 inches wide, 22 inches long
All are in private collection

There are eight in the series.
They were made in 2004.
I had an exhibit  that year in Guelph Ontario at the Greenwood Quiltery where they were shown.  The gallery part of Greenwood changed into workshop space for the amazing fabric and yarn store donstairs.  The shop closed early 2017.

I will never forget the date of the exhibition because it was shortly after my father in law died.  Many family members were in Toronto for the funeral, and came with me to the opening of the exhibition the following day.

The text is from the Hogmany Blessing
A celtic new year's eve traditional prayer.

number 101

Blessings Series: Brigid

wool, velvet, variety of layered fabrics
hand stitch


sixty six

2004

husband and wife

dyed cotton, cotton floss, beads
hand appliqued, hand pieced
hand quilted with chain stitch embroidery
2004








reverse of quilt



twenty seven

Zen Ecstasy

cotton, variety of fabrics and found objects, threads
layered, hand stitched, embellished
two sided wall hanging
part of the the Millennium journal series

eighteen




2004

Fragile as a Leaf in Autumn

shibori dyed linen, cotton, embroidery floss
machine pieced, hand appliqued, hand quilted
2004

details of this piece
It sold into private collection almost immediately, and has not been exhibited since 2005.
It will be included in the book Abstracts, thirty contemporary quilt artists by Martha Sileman in 2016, published by Schiffer

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