Self-Portrait at QuiltCon
When I posted a few months ago about "Self-Portrait, Year 2: Beneath the Surface," I didn't include a photo of the full quilt, for reasons I explained in the post . Now that the quilt has been shown at QuiltCon, and many people have seen it, I wanted to share it on my blog also. Bill Kerr kindly sent me two photos, and let me know that many people were looking closely at the quilt, and talking about it. I also received several e-mail messages from people I didn't know, who had seen the quilt, and took the time to track down my address and write heartfelt words of appreciation and support, which touched me deeply. Then yesterday, through the thoughtfulness of Weeks Ringle, I learned of a Facebook posting on the quilt by Bill Volckening , a quilt collector. His post, and the many many comments on it, leave me somewhat stunned. For many years I lived with this quilt in private--years of working on a design and then months of executing it. To have i...