Quilts Embellished with Poems, Words, Messages

I find myself dating quilts for people today, some of which are filled with signatures, others with a single name. All tell a story. As I search through my library to gather more information for them, I see the beautiful synergy of words and fabric coming together. Here are a few links for your enjoyment too.

• The Soldier  Quilt and Poets  
• Where Dreams Wait  quilt made for a quilt challenge with the theme  "Indelible Spirit."  It celebrated the indelible spirit shown in those who create art in spite of limitations
• The Seldom-Ever Shady Glades 
• Imagine your favorite quilt while reading this Tennessee  poet's poem
• A thread of poems about quilting, dreaming and nature by Judy Anne. (check out the poem Judy posted  in comments on the last post )
• I saw this fabulous exhibit Talking Quilts at the American Folk Art Museum. scroll down the page to see 4 antique quilts in the show,  click to a large view
• A compilation of photos of text sewn onto textiles for art's sake

Funny thing happened when I was sitting on my studio floor flipping through the books. My eyes caught a glisten of color against the carpet. My eyes followed it until I realized it was a lone thread that had fallen from the sewing table. So I bent forward to picked it up only to see that the thread was still coming up as I settled back down in the Indian style posture. What?

Thread was actually strewn and tossed all across the floor! The kitty had knock it off the table and pushed it all over until finally it went too far under the couch for him to reach. I quickly scanned for more deconstruction, as there were at least 15 spools of thread and 5 bobbins by the machine. I was grateful to see that he had tired after chasing just this one!

Thank you to everyone who has written me since I posted this week and sent wonderful message and shared their sense of sisterhood with the poems Delaine and I wrote. You bring joy to my heart. And to you I write this itty bitty poetry-

Piece for Peace
Live to Love
Shine your Light
for all to see
The beauty in thee

Keep the poetry and comments coming. Soon I'll post a scrappy "landscape with  stormy sky" I recently made.


Kim
http://quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/
http://livingtomakesenseofitall.com/


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