tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908232368106516157.post6276667466208526084..comments2023-06-10T08:52:02.930-05:00Comments on WWQP Bulletin Board Chat: From the World Quilt Exhibits, 2014/5Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111643477443092883noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908232368106516157.post-44016295688914900662015-08-24T03:25:10.559-05:002015-08-24T03:25:10.559-05:00Rosey, I really got shivers down my spine looking ...Rosey, I really got shivers down my spine looking at the quilt and reading the explanation. As Laura said, it is very inspirational and awe inspiring. Congratulations on giving the world something to really think about. Fran (Sth Aust)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13528370396177802379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908232368106516157.post-77902200107149456502015-08-08T11:57:18.803-05:002015-08-08T11:57:18.803-05:00Thank you Pat. I taught quilting in Toronto for n...Thank you Pat. I taught quilting in Toronto for nine years then one day a friend came to photograph my work for a juried exhibit. When he was through, he said, "you really ought to consider going to art college". As a school principal, I respected what he had to say but as is my want, I rejected the idea, giving a list of reasons 'why not', the last of which was "I'm just a quilter". Well, the next morning when I got out of bed the first thing I thought of was "why not"...why not try. And so I did. By entering juried exhibits, by expressing myself in cloth, I am fulfilling my diploma in design. Age of graduation: 48 yrs old. Art College was an experience that I wish I'd had as a young person but likely wouldn't have appreciated it as much as I did in my early forties. Never think that we are "just quilters".<br />RoseyRoseyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277785707806473280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908232368106516157.post-76376596965213732682015-08-07T20:44:12.352-05:002015-08-07T20:44:12.352-05:00Rosey, you are truly an artist in every sense of t...Rosey, you are truly an artist in every sense of the word. Your quilt is amazing.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493758803682544567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908232368106516157.post-65040630013441867332015-08-07T10:16:09.159-05:002015-08-07T10:16:09.159-05:00Thanks, Laura, Marat was killed by a knife which n...Thanks, Laura, Marat was killed by a knife which normally would rest beneath the bathtub in which he was assassinated, I'll put up the painting on the main site as I can't do it from here. When I got down to appliqueing the rifle, something happened to me. I began to cry. It brought up all kinds of emotions I didn't know were still there. My late husband died from a rifle shot in 1972. It seems that I'm able to work through things with cloth, I guess. It's a piece that, of all my quiltwork, has had the most impact on me. I can see it has impacted on others as well for some have put it up on the internet with their photofile.<br />RoseyRoseyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277785707806473280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908232368106516157.post-52810122287901031452015-08-07T06:24:04.573-05:002015-08-07T06:24:04.573-05:00So inspirational. Thank you for sharing. Sorry you...So inspirational. Thank you for sharing. Sorry you are not sleeping well. But, at the same time I am so glad this has not stopped you completely from continuing to create with fabric.Laura in IAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16993058879730411225noreply@blogger.com