Ten Reasons I Quilt

I was asked to share a little something about my quilting at "Girls Night Out" which is an outreach ministry. I've never been before but thought, Yea, why not? Last night was my presentation. A few weeks ago I was thinking about what I could share in about 20 minutes. I thought 10 reasons I quilt giving me about 2 minutes per reason showing a quilt. It worked out great and I thought I'd share some of it here. (not all of these photos came from last nights talk, but these are the quilts I shared)

I started by showing my first quilt and letting them know how I got started. (1993!)

And in no particular order:

For friendship: A Round Robin

To Commemorate: My Jubilee Quilt

To Commemorate: Our trip to Denmark

Mental Therapy: A project to work on while at my dad's bedside in his last few months.

Raise Awareness: Alzheimer's Art Quilt initiative. I donated and sold all of my little quilts, but brought Juliann's that I had purchased and told them about the project.

Recreate History:

Challenge Myself: 

To Decorate:

For Warmth:

For comfort:  The woman who asked me to speak was the woman I made this quilt for with her husbands shirts.  When she was introducing me she told them what that quilt means to her. It was special.

The Spirit Moves You:

I ended with this quilt I put the binding on a couple weeks ago. The fabric has the words Love More and I had decided I would give her to the woman I went to Guatemala with. We shared something special and feel like I learned to "Love More" with her.

I totally caught her off guard, but it was a perfect way to end the presentation.

I think speaking in front of people got me ready to do that in a few weeks at the guild workshop and lecture. 

Happy Wednesday!