“Who Says Women Are Directionally-Challenged?”
René
The challenge was you could only use red and white for colors and the theme was “Mother Country”. I decided to take it literally because starting with myself and going back three more generations of “moms”, we just happen to come from countries whose flag colors are red and white (and a touch of blue and yellow but we won’t talk about that, lol). We also came from three different countries, USA, Canada, Siberia and Russia (U.S.S.R.). Siberia and Russia are now both separate countries but when my grandmother and great grandmother were born they were both still part of the U.S.S.R. To signify us coming from different areas I made the Mariners compass for the center of the piece using only three colors. Then to show how all of us are entwined together from generation to generation, I made the woven braid using all the same color. To finished I embroidered the four initial of us “moms” in the four corners. S = Susan (Stobart) Reichert, Born in Russia. M = Martha (Reichert) McBride, Born in Siberia. W= Winnifred (McBride) Goulet, Born in Canada and R= René (Goulet) Therrien, Born in the USA.
" Ladies Liberties"
Patty
The challenge was Mother Country using red, white and a touch of blue. Working in the area of women's health brings to light how important the issues of choice, freedom and equality are to women in all walks of life and makes me appreciate the advantages we have in this country even more. That is what I tried to depict in this quilt.
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