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This
Is My Story, This Is My Song
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| After making several traditional
album blocks from patterns by
Elly Sienkievicz, Nancy Pearson,
and Pat Andreatta, I began designing
my own blocks to commemorate
important events in my life: |
- My
church and a favorite
scripture (“And
what doth the Lord require
of thee, but to do justly,
and to love mercy, and
to walk humbly with thy
God?” Micah
6:8) for my religious
heritage;
- Texas
state seal for my native
state;
- Great
Seal to acknowledge
my love for my country;
- Ship block representing the
500th anniversary of
Columbus’ voyage;
- Magnolia logo to commemorate the
formation and my presidency
of the Mississippi
Quilt Association;
- Double
Happiness symbol to celebrate
the love for
special Chinese
friends;
- Cotton
Boll for my beloved
adopted state
of Mississippi.
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| Some
of the blocks patterned after
antique quilts took on special
meaning as they reminded me of
my father’s love of roses,
my mother’s love
of teapots and
flowers, my daughter’s love of birds and singing, my son’s
precious family, and the heart blocks for the love of a dedicated husband. The quilt won viewers’ choice in Hattiesburg’s Pine Belt Quilters
show, first place and viewers’ choice in Gulf States Quilting Association’s
New Orleans show, and was juried into AQS in Paducah and IQA in Houston in
1995, and C&T’s Baltimore Album Revival Quilt contest in 1998. It
is pictured in Lucy Fazely’s book, Quilt Style, and Mary Elizabeth Johnson’s
Mississippi Quilts. |
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