Sacred Threads Quilts

Go Tell It! interview with Linda Cooper

Sacred Threads is passionate about the stories our artists share with their artwork. In partnership with the Quilt Alliance, an organization dedicated to capturing the stories of quilts and their makers, we are pleased to offer these wonderful stories from our artists. Grab a cup of coffee, a box of tissue, and enjoy this collection of moving stories.
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Go Tell It! interview with Linda Cooper One quilt, one person, one video camera, three minutes = another quilt story saved! This interview was recorded on July 22, 2022 at the Sacred Threads exhibi...

Go Tell It! interview with Cyndi Zacheis

One quilt, one person, one video camera, three minutes = another quilt story saved! This interview was recorded on July 22, 2022 at the Sacred Threads exhibition in Herndon, Virginia in collaboration with Quilt Alliance
https://youtu.be/gvms81jNkVU

Go Tell It! interview with Cyndi Zacheis One quilt, one person, one video camera, three minutes = another quilt story saved! This interview was recorded on July 22, 2022 at the Sacred Threads exhibi...

Did you catch the Textile Talk yesterday with Lisa Ellis & Martha Sielman of Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.? Lisa provided a wonderful overview of Sacred Threads and what’s next. You can watch the video at https://youtu.be/TtCEjk594TA

A Quilt Show about Mental Health. We hosted the incredibly talented Janis Gorski last Friday. If you missed it, you’ll still have another chance to meet her tomorrow, Monday @ 10:30 LIVE on our page, A Different Box of Crayons! Can you join us?

Coming to Textile Talks on November 30! Sacred Threads, Expressing Life's Journeys.

Lisa Ellis discusses this unique exhibit that explores textile artists' most personal stories of healing, grief, spirituality, peace, joy, and inspiration. Hear the moving story of founder Vikki Pignatelli's encountering the need and creating Sacred Threads. View some of our favorite artworks over the twenty years and watch some first-hand video recordings of artists sharing their stories.
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Textile Talks stream on Zoom every Wednesday at 2PM ET. They are ALWAYS free and open to everyone! Our Textile Talks partners are Quilt Alliance, Surface Design Association, and International Quilt Museum. Join us each week for an hour of art and inspiration.

www.saqa.com/textiletalks

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You can now visit an immersive view of Sacred Threads 2022 Travel exhibit or see the slideshow. Both options will give you the artist statement. The travel venues and dates are listed there as well. http://sacredthreadsquilts.com/travel.html

SACRED THREADS Enjoy this immersive view of our 2022 Travel Exhibit. To see where this exhibit is traveling, scroll down below the gallery.

This quilt is "A Boy and His Imagination" (69" x 66") by Deb Cashatt. See it in the exhibit "SAQA: Haven" sponsored by Studio Art Quilt Associates in Houston Nov 3-6!

Deb says "Sometimes a haven is your own backyard. I photographed my nephew swinging from a tree in his sunlight-dappled suburban backyard. To me it seemed like a very safe place. Then again, who knows what dangers lurked in his imagination."

Go Tell It! interview with Paula Straw

Paula Straw
"Sharbat"
Sacred Threads Quilts 2022 - Peace & Brotherhood
Quilt Alliance

Go Tell It! interview with Paula Straw One quilt, one person, one video camera, three minutes = another quilt story saved! This interview was recorded on July 22, 2022 at the Sacred Threads exhibi...

Go Tell It! interview with David Bunte

Go Tell It! Interview with David Bunte at SAcred Threads 2022
Quilt Alliance

Go Tell It! interview with David Bunte One quilt, one person, one video camera, three minutes = another quilt story saved! This interview was recorded on July 22, 2022 at the Sacred Threads exhibi...

A number of the members of the Sacred Threads committee gathered for the first time since the exhibit to catch up on life events & of course talked quilts🥰

There are still a few more days to see the Sacred Threads 2022 Travel Exhibit at the Heart Gallery & Studios in Toledo, OH. The exhibit features the handiwork of 42 contemporary quilters and will be on display thru September 26. The exhibit then travels to the West Raleigh Presybterian, Raleigh, NC from October - November 2022.

Toni Kersey
"In Search of African Gods 2'
Sacred Threads 2022 - Spirituality

Linda Syverson Guild
'April Showers'
Sacred Threads 2022 - Joy

"This fabric story began when a portion of a well loved quilt was given to me. It reminded me of an old quilt from my youth and the fiber related lessons my mother and grandmother taught me.
As I looked at the quilt scrap, a garden seemed to grow up over the surface. Armed with this inspiration, I pulled out old zippers, bias tape, a Sunbonnet Sue quilt block, and old crochet books from collection. The land and sky were defined by the heavy lines of Kantha stitching. Then the garden rose into the sky, reaching towards the sun.
Sitting and working on this assembly for months took my spirit on a trip through places in my memory. I hope that it will do the same for you."

Rebecca Szetela
'Love, Power, Joy'
Sacred Threads 2022

"I had been thinking a lot about my own spirituality over the past several years. One day after my daily meditation and writing, I decided to explore my idea of God by trying to draw God. I brought out my colored pencils, sat at the kitchen table, and started to draw. It was a wonderful experience! The drawing that became this art quilt just seemed to happen on its own. Once I saw the drawing, I decided to try to create it on silk using batik, a medium I had used extensively many years ago. I was amazed at what it became. Since art quilting had become my recent art of choice, I made the finished silk painting into an art quilt. I started this artwork right before the pandemic and finished it during the pandemic."

Photos from Sacred Threads Quilts's post

Heidi Zielinski
'Earth Spirit'
Harmony - 12" by 12"

"Inherent in creating a relatively monochromatic artwork is the balance and harmonious combining of materials that celebrate color and relationship. Playing with shadow and light makes the work more intriguing and the story is revealed. My art is about my relationship to nature, and the neutral tones and organic patterns in this piece are indicative of the elements in my landscape and how they harmoniously exist to compliment and contrast without being in conflict. It is such a joy to be able to share the beauty of my environment in these difficult and confusing times. In nature humans can find solace in the life that is happening there, a diversion to the tragedies and conflicts going on in our human world."

Phyllis Cullen
'Night Terrors'
Sacred Threads 2022 - Grief

"There is a worldwide epidemic of child s*xual abuse and s*x slavery that is mostly swept under the rug. Why is this not a priority in our society to protect the most innocent among us! We must seek out and destroy the system and the mindset that allows this to be. Become educated! Let your leaders know that we cannot tolerate one more child's life being ruined."

Another nice feature in the Connection Newspapers for our recent exhibit.

Sharon Buck
'How Many Tears Does It Take to Mend a Broken Heart'
Sacred Threads 2022 - Grief

So much of the Sacred Threads Experience Weekend was about meeting other artists and being together. We were so pleased to have Deborah Boschert, Artist join us again this year as she was our Visiting Artist in 2019.

The show is finished and the quilts are on their way back to the artists, their new homes, or ready for the Travel Exhibit. You can now order the Sacred Threads 2022 catalog as well as find the locations for the Travel Exhibit on our website at http://sacredthreadsquilts.com

Nice coverage of Sacred Threads Quilts in our local Connection Newspapers.

A special thank you to these very special people! Lisa Brehm Ellis has provided the leadership for Sacred Threads Quilts for 13 years and Barbara Hollinger has worked her magic in curating this special venue for art quilters to tell their personal stories in a safe and accepting environment. Your dedication to the vision that Vicki Pignatelli had for Sacred Threads is much appreciated by the artists and the many individuals who experienced the events over the past 13 years. Thank you👏❤️

Lyric Kinard speaking about her piece ‘The Light Keepers’ representing the dedication of the attorneys working with asylum seekers and documenting their stories.

A very special evening as part of our Experience Weekend where our guest artist, Lyric Kinard, and our sponsors, Luana Rubin & Judy Gula, shared stories about quilts with special meaning to them.

Natalie Rockley
‘Caring for Brother’
Sacred Threads 2022 - Peace & Brotherhood

“My quilt was inspired by a photograph taken by my father, Howard Larsen, in 1950 in Afghanistan. His caption ‘Caring for Brother’ is more relevant and poignant now than ever.

Digital embroidery designs by Sarah Vedeler.

We are so grateful for our sponsors! Many thanks to our loyal supporters at Nine Patch Fabrics, Equilter and Artistic Artifacts. We appreciate their support and ask you to support them in return.

Reception at the Harmony exhibit at Broadway Galleries as part of the Sacred Threads Experience Weekend. The exhibit is open until August 31, 2022.

Brian Partin
‘Allegory of Renown’
Sacred Threads 2022 - Spirituality

“This image is of an Archangel blowing the trumpet, celebrating the coming of the Lord. For me, it is full of joy & anticipation”

A busy day today at the exhibit with several groups, artists, and families visiting us. The exhibit runs through Sunday at 5pm so there is still time to spend time with the quilts & their stories. If you are not able to visit, you can take a FB Live tour on Saturday morning at 9:30 am to Visit Sacred Threads Quilts with Judy Gula. Judy is one of the exhibiting artists. Her shop Artistic Artifacts is one of our sponsors along with Nine Patch Fabrics & Equilter.

Ivy Sandz
'Testimony of Yazmin Juarez'
Sacred Threads 2022 - Grief

Ivy Sandz
'Testimony of Yazmin Juarez'
Sacred Threads 2022 - Grief

"'Testimony of Yazmin Juarez' is the true story of a mother's grief following the loss of her toddler daughter, Mariee, in the ICE camps (2018). The stitched words are excerpted from Yazmin Juarez's congressional testimony of July 10, 2019, about her desperate and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to obtain adequate medical care for her daughter. Mariee became ill in cold and crowded condition and was denied basic care multiple times. The vintage children's dress evokes the missing child, and the stitched heart represents Mariee. This piece is a meditation on grief - Yazimin Juarez's grief as a mother, but also the grief many Americans feel about the inhumane and cruel policies our government inflicted on those seeking asylum."

One of the quilts that are part of the Harmony exhibit at Broadway Galleries. Some of the Experience Weekend guests will be visiting the gallery for a reception on Thursday evening. The exhibit will be on display through the end of August.

Janice Schwartz visited the exhibit over the weekend with one of her sons depicted in her quilt.
"Balloon Days"
Sacred Threads Quilts - Joy
Travel Exhibit

"This quilt is a depiction of a picture of my two sons when they were young. We had gotten balloons for my older son's 5th birthday. The boys were so excited and had so much fun. It's amazing hoe much joy two small kids can geet out of a cuople of large bunches of balloons. The older of the two has autism and is now 23. As he has gotten older, has withdrawn from us and has almost entirely stopped speaking. Even though it seems that it isn't a loss since he is right in front of me, I miss him, and it is a loss that has left me heartbroken. Spending time recreating these happy times is a way for me to come to terms with my grief and gives me some hope for the future."

Karen Brown visited this weekend with her quilt
‘Emily’s Canoe’
“The life & work of Emily Carr, the first woman to achieve recognition as a notable artist in Canada, influence and inspire me. This quilt is an adaptation of her painting, War Canoes, Alert Bay 1912. It was challenging to translate her brush strokes and choices of color into fabric. Free-motion stitching using various colors of threads brought the fabrics to life.”

Carolyn Skei
'The Creative Hand"
Sacred Threads 2022 - Inspiration
'Creativity is the central thread of so many lives, and our busy hands are daily reminders of our likeness to the Creator. This quilt began with an iPhone “selfie” of my own hand — which stays busy with quilting, gardening, cooking, writing, computer design and more. I manipulated the image on iPad and had the resulting colorful image commercially printed on whole cloth. Hours of machine quilting, hand stitching and silk ribbon embroidery completed this pandemic-era quilt.'

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So nice to see a post from a good friend of Sacred Threads, fiber artist and author, Mary Kerr, who said “I was honored to attend the opening day of Sacred Threads and overwhelmed by the inspiring, emotional and beautiful quilts. Go, go go …. You will not be disappointed.”

www. Sacredthreadsquilts.com

SACRED THREADS Sacred Threads will be July 14-24, 2022. It will be held at the beautiful Floris United Methodist Church: 13600 Frying Pan Road, Herndon, VA 20171 Hours for the exhibit: Mondays - Saturdays: 10am - 5pm Sundays: 1pm - 4pm Ticket Prices: $10 General Admission $5 Children 5 - 12 Chidlren under 5 are fr...

The day we have all been waiting for is here! Sacred Threads 2022 opens today at 10am and will continue through July 24th. The pictures we share do not do justice to the beautiful quilts that are now hanging and ready for viewing. We do hope you can visit us in person during the exhibit to see the quilts up close and take time to listen to the artists describe their work in their own words in our audio tour.

Judith Roderick
'Reaching Higher'
Sacred Threads 2022 - Inspiration
Travel Exhibit

'This is a silk painted image of us, as humanity, moving up the Emotional Scale, from hate and fear at the base, up through many different steps toward Love and Appreciation. I believe this is our journey on the planet at this time, and it is a long, complex, and on-going process.'