April 2009 Challenge: Speak Your Piece! (Page 2)

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Being Earth Week this week I thought this would be a good theme. Early quilters recycled fabric into quilts I think quilters are born recylers.

Ontario, Canada

My husband and I love animals, especially cats. We have 5 rescued cats. We encourage everyone we know to spay and neuter their pets.

I have a huge stash of cat fabric. I use it for gifts, clothing, and wall-hangings. Each item gets its own unique selection of cat hairs.

Grand Ronde, OR

The River Murray (in south-east Australia) is in a bad way - years of drought and over allocation of the water has meant the river is suffering.

The photo on this quilt is of the Ramco Lagoon, near Waikerie in South Australia - it is drying up, and becoming salt encrusted.

The river backwaters and lagoons are important habitats for birds and other wildlife. With no water flowing down the river, there is no flow through these significant wetlands

Adelaide, South Australia

As I have gotten older, this has become my quilting philosophy. I had fun with this brash color scheme and learned about the Text tool.
Used a "special effects" layout and a merged block in the middle.

Sierra Vista, AZ

I'm sitting here thinking about what is important to me - and it's the middle of the Easter weekend! So I thought I'd try to make a triptych about the real reason for this celebration. One deliberate design element was the fact that the background went from dark to light, symbolising how the events and all they stood for did the same.

It's fairly simple, but I think the idea is there.

Perth Western Australia

I tried to represent how the people in the world can indeed all get along, standing together in one continuous group to make the world work. There are both men and women as well as people of all different colours to show that we are all inter-related and part of the same family.

I'm no artist (which should be obvious!), so I took simple blocks provided in EQ and adapted them. I combined the silhouette man and woman into one block, then used wreathmaker to make the outside ring of people. The hearts were just drawn with the heart tool, copied and their angles adjusted to make the inner 'wreath'.

Perth Western Australia

In these troubled times, our vets need all the support they can get.

Calimesa, CA

The organization is near and dear to my heart. My wish is that a cure be found in my lifetime so that I can see my daughter reap the benefits.

The very first campaign was run by a Quebec chapter in 1975. Recognizing its success, the MS Society National Board of Directors made it a national campaign in 1976. It is now the MS Society of Canada’s longest running fundraiser.

Block Base 773.2
- Scarlet Carnations (QNM #124, 1980)

Northern Ontario, Canada

Or Hopes & Wishes out of line.

Albany, NY

I hate excessive noise.

Italy

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