tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197147697265627399.post1607726220441393258..comments2023-09-27T06:26:23.924-04:00Comments on Subversive Stitchers: Women Armed with Needles: The POWER of a QuiltDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18419344655830579965noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197147697265627399.post-59891760644973859172009-04-01T06:21:00.000-04:002009-04-01T06:21:00.000-04:00Eileen,Thank you for sharing both your quilt and y...Eileen,<BR/>Thank you for sharing both your quilt and your emotions about what has happened in Iraq. <BR/>I have a great sadness in me for all the lives lost on both sides. All that potential wasted.<BR/>Thank you again.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791592886458322904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197147697265627399.post-23780551978919025022009-03-31T20:53:00.000-04:002009-03-31T20:53:00.000-04:00Oh, Eileen, I was so moved reading your piece, and...Oh, Eileen, I was so moved reading your piece, and know your quilt, which I think is one of your best. Thanks for sharing this story, I missed the Post article!<BR/><BR/>BetsyBetsy Truehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597041485243321074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197147697265627399.post-9658969499887993832009-03-31T12:16:00.000-04:002009-03-31T12:16:00.000-04:00Eileen,I have many of the same feelings about Iraq...Eileen,<BR/>I have many of the same feelings about Iraq and the war. The decimation of so many cultural institutions is like genocide - it goes to the heart of the culture, and destroys it. <BR/>I wonder if there are any organizations that are donating books and art to the Iraqi's? It would be a way of making a positive difference.<BR/>jeanneJeanne Marklinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197147697265627399.post-58287232030443187462009-03-31T08:17:00.000-04:002009-03-31T08:17:00.000-04:00Hi Alison,Probably you saw it in SAQA's online cri...Hi Alison,<BR/><BR/>Probably you saw it in SAQA's online critique group some time ago. I posted it there without explicitly explaining the scene. It was quite interesting to read people's various interpretations of it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading this blog!<BR/><BR/>eileeneileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17213415823581139057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197147697265627399.post-85463463040023306702009-03-31T07:24:00.000-04:002009-03-31T07:24:00.000-04:00Eileen, I remember you posting that quilt somewher...Eileen, I remember you posting that quilt somewhere - ragged cloth cafe, perhaps? What an experience, interesting how some things come together lucky you read the flier in your mail that day ....Alison Schwabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929118812159014248noreply@blogger.com