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[suspiciousriver]

At the Gas Station

The patchwork quilt is this:

a Navajo, a pal, a Ronald Reagan,

Two baritone boys, and an alcoholic.

Spanish, plaid, orange juice, white noise,

Criterion, draping my legs over Paul’s

knees and his playful tap.

Me and my friends and we’re chugging beer,

Sky shows up and she was a friend from my childhood

And she plays pool with her boyfriend

and they’re the type that Neo opens the door to.

I bought two gray rabbits at King’s Thrift

And I positioned them to touch noses.

Two black eyes and their noses kissing

on a bookcase and when I sat on the couch

I began to think of them as a camera.

I painted the one rabbit pink with flowers

and left the other one gray.

I looked to the left and their eyes were

Cold-black and chill-haunted.

This is how we taunt: with helicopters

and invisible cameras and a surveilled

Boob light.

No one believes that Paul and I were

that tight.

Zach gives me two objects:

A Gameboy and a wind-up mouth toy,

You twist it and it chatters and jumps

Downstairs. I have too many lost objects to count.

I had three chests that I kept by the door.

A trophy from my debate days.

I was neatly clipped.

He was neatly tipped.

I am too tired to talk.

It’s too dark to walk.

I’m better suited for flourescent-white, sterile,

spandex environments anyway.

I have seen this before:

Mother-rape-son. He had a right to roll

his eyes. African man with angry eyes

I’m trying to tell you:

Maybe when I look in the mirror I see a face that’s better suited for darkness, or lamps, and that scares me — the sun can be so critical.

I don’t always feel deserving of it.

Ever catch a sun ray so pure and warm it sets your heart on fire? I chase that feeling daily. I chase warmth daily.

Love is a form of knowledge,

which I think it is.

We share blue eyeliner.

You’re a thought in your own head, honey.

Will a Twisted tea fix this?

It won’t.

It’s all hidden crackhead knowledge.

These are the treats.

Every day

boiled eggs.

Castro visited Utah and the truck

newspapers. Rich!

That was genuine disgust

Because I looked like a

mullet-Malcom-X-Nazi-whore.

The Asian doctor sniffed my crotch

And said, “You’re really being released

with all of that baggage?”

Fuck you. This is why he ran.

St. George man and I ride the same

wavelength. He was trying to maintain

his sanity.

They flock around Derrick's slit neck

and I am so grief-ridden that I kicked

him. I did not want to escalate.

Is he alive? South Korea Ender’s Game dude

and his robotic voice cracked into my skull:

I am thinking about sex.

This is why I cannot sleep.

He’s 32. You’re nothing. You’re everything.

Give it to Gina: I looked trashy as hell.

Can you act black for a second?

What does Cuba represent?

Not Adrian. Not Adrienne.

Pizza gate: I am politely telling you,

I do not have that disease.

Thank you. It was Isaiah’s parakeet,

and the Bible. I am politely

asking you to show me your 7 cults.

I am asking you to FaceTime my husband

and his dirty beard and a seatbelt.

Day Two, they helped strap

me to a gurney and I was secured.

We like to drop hints: Sunglasses and something is seriously wrong

with the lifeboat. It was his ball sweat and a dog named Cujo.

My father/crack was a child. My father thinks I’m ugly.

It’s about time we met each other

for real. I resisted those journals for two years

because he Ultra-Blued his way onto my couch.

A big treat from the nice girl, pink soap.

I was smelly. I was brown. Here are your affirmation

cards: World-War-3. I should have

invited Shane(heroin)and my mother(meth)

to share the same couch. I had to snip

my chlorine hair because it was locking.

California is the deep fake. Home box office

recession. Century 16. Who can pretend to be the

most grateful for a chicken leg? I was.

me and a denim coat. Artificially intelligent

and let’s keep shit on TikTok. I met you through

MF Doom and Tupac. The world’s worst violent arm

length and fishing for work. Pork! I want to eat you.

Toasters and fake forks and that twitch.

It’s mine. I want small work. Here is the crystal cage.

Men are obsessed with my militantly tight pussy

and masked men keep shit loud. I don’t know why you don’t finger yourself

I want you! That was a real treat from Joe. I want to sever three red ties.

The blonde. The host. The pace. MINUS 3 POINTS: BACK TO JAZZ.

He lashes his own back like Jesus

and I cannot help him there.

That was her favorite hiss.

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[sciencespies]

Meet the Western Soil Scientists Using Dirt to Make Stunning Paints

https://sciencespies.com/nature/meet-the-western-soil-scientists-using-dirt-to-make-stunning-paints/

Meet the Western Soil Scientists Using Dirt to Make Stunning Paints

SMITHSONIANMAG.COM | Jan. 26, 2021, 8 a.m.

In September, as wildfire raged in Medicine Bow National Forest, Karen Vaughn watched smoke billow in a choked-off Wyoming sky. The sun was reduced to a matte neon-pink disc behind the haze, and Vaughn worried about her research site in the burning mountains. One of her graduate students still had one more day of fieldwork to complete, and the roads would soon be closed, if they weren’t already. Vaughn’s family—her husband and two kids—were outside too, watching as a light gray layer of wind-blown ash settled onto the landscape. The ash and vivid colors sparked something in Vaughn, who continually sought new inspiration for the paint she makes. She began dashing around, scraping the sediment from every flat surface and encouraging her kids to help collect the fine powder. She decided to incorporate that ash into watercolor pigments with hues reflecting the fire, indelibly preserving the moment. The small batch of paints, distributed to friends and local artists, would be used to create depictions of the destructive forces that allowed their creation in the first place. “You’re breathing that air, even in your house, and you look outside and see that weird orange glow,” says Vaughn. “You couldn’t help but be a part of that.”

A soil scientist and a professor at the University of Wyoming, Vaughn sees a lot more soils than the average person, and certainly knows them more intimately. Over many years spent examining them, she has come to appreciate their natural beauty and immense variability. Two years ago, she began channeling that appreciation into a product she could share with the world, turning the soils she loved into watercolor pigments. Now, she and her collaborator, Yamina Pressler, a soil scientist at California Polytechnic University, use soils to make pigments and paintings, bridging the gap between science and art. By sharing both their creative processes and scientific knowledge on social media and connecting with artists, scientists and the public, they aim to make soil education entertaining.

Vaughn’s research is in pedology, which means she studies minute, subtle changes within a soil. Does the size of the grains change? Do the colors fade into each other or get cut off abruptly? What microorganisms are present at different levels in the soil? The very nature of her field, she says, is subjective. “It is an art form,” she says. “It takes a nuanced eye to really be able to see the changes within a soil.”

Her job requires her to hop in a deep hole, map out tiny changes few people notice and interpret the soil’s history. Her specialty is studying water in soils: How much is there? When is it present? How does it change the soil’s chemistry? What features does it leave behind? Her work helps us understand how soils form in unique environments, like wetlands in the otherwise arid Wyoming mountains, and how fragile soils like permafrost might respond to climate change.

To the uninitiated, the landscape of Wyoming might seem like a monotonous stretch of tan dirt. But that idea is exactly what Vauhgn is trying to change through her art. By explaining to artists and curious laypeople how the myriad hues in soils come to be and sharing them visually through both her own creative works and those by other artists, she hopes to give people the ability to see soil as more than “just dirt.”

Soils, paints and swatches from samples collected throughout Wyoming and Utah allow a glimpse at the belowground natural beauty of the western United States.

(Karen Vaughn)

“Sometimes art opens the door to people wanting to learn about science,” says Laura Guertin, a geology professor at Pennsylvania State—Brandywine. Guertin too has brought art into science, both for her classrooms and her communities, by crocheting temperature records and quilting climate change stories. “Using different perspectives to introduce a topic, like soil, can help people understand and connect with it a little more.”

Soil is often overlooked in basic geology classes, says Guertin, and understanding how it works and where it comes from is important. “Without soil, you don’t have the rest of Earth’s systems,” she says. “It’s such a fundamental material, it’s the basis of our food systems.” And society’s indifference to soil led to the Dust Bowl, one of the greatest environmental disasters in the history of the United States. “With my students, I talk about the Dust Bowl and how it was a loss of soil that triggered a chain reaction, impacting a broad cross-section of society,” says Guertin.

Vaughn began making pigments as a fun way to engage with her kids, now ages 7 and 9, and keep them away from screens. They come soil collecting with her, and occasionally help mix the pigments and paint. But the main reason she makes pigments now is to share her perspective on soils’ inherent beauty with the public. “I found all these amazing soil colors,” Vaughn says, “and I wanted to do something more with them. I wanted them to persist longer.”

She recognized that by making paints she could share science with people who lack her expert training. “Spending all that time as a pedologist looking at soil formation and thinking about how much the colors of the soil can tell us about the natural history of that area, I wanted to let people in, open their eyes a little bit,” she says.

Vaughn collects soils for pigments almost everywhere she goes, from dirt collected in a wetland study site high in the mountains to coal unearthed in her backyard. On a family road trip to Florida in a campervan, for instance, she grabbed a small bag of soil from every stop, with the intent of creating a palette that reflects that memory. One dull pandemic day, she and her kids took to their bikes on a scavenger hunt near her home for as many colors of the rainbow that they could find. It was a change of pace for Vaughn, who is normally more opportunistic than intentional in her soil collecting. She made a palette of red, brown, orange, white, yellow and purple to represent that effort. And, of course, she has the three-hue palette from the September wildfire, corners of which were still smoldering away when we spoke in November.

Because it was just a small batch, Vaughn distributed the ash-infused pigments to local artists and a few select clients to create works reflecting the wildfires. California artist Tina Pressler, Yamina’s mother, painted a patchwork American bison, the West’s once-ubiquitous megafauna, and Bethann Merkle, a Wyoming artist and science communicator, created a series of three abstract paintings of fire-wrought forest textures. The ash-infused pigments felt fluid and heavy, says Tina. “The addition of ash made it seem really tactile, in a way, and I loved it.”

Artist Tina Pressler used pigments made of ancient Wyoming soils and recent ash to paint this bison, which she says “represents a visual amalgamation of flora and fauna over time.”

(Tina Pressler)

“I’ve long had a fondness for rocks—my windowsills are piled up with them at home and at work—but [Vaughn’s] work and pigments have helped me expand that curiosity and appreciation to the soil,” says Merkle.

Before Vaughn began sharing her pigments with artists, she had to spend some time getting the day-long pigment-making process down. It took her a few tries: “My first pigments,” she says with a laugh, “were chunky and terrible. But I gave them away with a disclaimer.”

In the first step of her process, Vaughn removes the sandy portions of the soil, leaving only fine silts and clays mixed in water, which she then pours into a cookie sheet and bakes in the oven for a few hours. After all the water has evaporated, the soil appears cracked and desiccated, like a mudflat after a long summer drought. “Look, mom, it’s all wrinkly like you,” her daughter once helpfully said. Vaughn grinds the baked silt into a fine, homogenous powder. Then comes Vaughn’s most meditative step: mulling, or combining the soil with the watercolor medium— a mixture of water, gum arabic, honey and vegetable glycerin. Only then does she get a sense for what the final hue will be. “You might start with an amazing green soil that, all of a sudden, becomes this dull, greenish white. And that’s okay,” Vaughn says. “It’s always a color I’ve never made before, so I’m thrilled.”

After Vaughn bakes the pigment, cracks appear that reflect patterns seen throughout nature—such as in this ancient orange soil pigment collected in the Red Desert of Wyoming.

(Karen Vaughn)

The colors of the paint come straight from the soil’s geologic past: Bright reds and oranges mean the soils were exposed to the oxidizing effects of intense climates, long stretches of time or both. Dark browns and blacks represent rich organic matter, reflecting the cycle of life and death at the Earth’s surface. Brighter hues result from minerals with specific elements; the presence of copper lends minerals blue-green colors, sulfur creates vibrant yellows and manganese presents as faded purple. Stark whites could mean acid once trickled down through the soil from a pine copse, or that ash once settled over the landscape, like that which Vaughn collected in September.

“Everything has a story,” Guertin says. “What’s been here in the past? Where do these colors come from? Where do these materials come from that give us these colors? I love that [Vaughn is] taking the soil science and showing how you can break it down to materials, to these pigments that have cultural meaning and to painting, which people already have a familiarity with.”

Vaughn describes her soil collecting, her artistic process and the science of each soil on Instagram, where she answers questions about chemistry, location and geology. Sometimes artists send in questions about the science of pigment-making itself, but many are just interested in learning more about the natural world. Depending on how much detail people want, she’ll even send along some scientific papers in a private message. Because so many of her clients are interested in learning about the soils, Vaughn is planning to start including a “soil story” with each palette shipped out.

Vaughn’s connections with artists sometimes grow from the virtual world to working together in person. Diana Baumbach, a Wyoming artist who Vaughn collaborated with a few years ago, loved going into the field with the scientist to forage for natural materials, including soil. “I really hadn’t thought about soil or considered it as a material before,” Baumbach said. “Looking at soil profiles with [Vaughn] was totally new for me. We both pulled each other into our worlds, which I thought were quite different. In the end, it was surprising how many intersections there actually were between my work and her work.”

While Vaughn does paint with her pigments, she doesn’t typically share her work; she leaves that to the younger Pressler, for whom painting has become a public affair. Growing up with an artist mother, Pressler says, meant that art was always in the background. “But it wasn’t until I started painting soils that I began to embody being an artist as part of my identity.”

Created during a soil art live stream on Instagram, this piece by Yamina Pressler is painted on post-card paper as a reminder that the beauty of soils is meant to be shared far and wide.

(Yamina Pressler)

Pressler also connects with an interested audience through social media. She hosts live paint-along sessions in her ‘virtual soil art studio’ on Instagram, inviting participants of all backgrounds to create soil-focused art inspired by where they live. These two-hour public sessions are open to children and adults, scientists and laypeople.

Tatiana Prestininzi, who has a bachelor’s in agricultural science but never cared much for soil science, now brings her young niece and nephew to Pressler’s paint-along sessions. “It’s not only from the artistic side, but we’re also getting the educational side of things,” she says. “It’s not just the 15-to-30-somethings on Instagram, she’s got 7 and 5-year-olds learning about soil profiles… so now I can go hike around San Diego with my eight-year-old niece and have a conversation about the soils she sees. She’ll ask to paint it and send it to the ‘soil doctor.’”

Through Vaughn’s art outreach and Pressler’s educational outreach, the scientists aim to inspire in the public the feelings children have while digging in the dirt and wondering at the world around them. Vaughn’s process of finding soils for pigments has a sense of play that is really infectious, says Baumbach. And while Pressler does draw soils realistically, she’s more drawn to whimsical doodles that reflect her feelings towards soil, which she shares on her Instagram sessions, along with the science stories behind them.

Yamina Pressler’s painting “Mojave Dreaming 28” was inspired by the unexpected winter tones of the Mojave desert.

(Yamina Pressler)

Tapping into her artistic side has helped Vaughn re-imagine what college soil science classes can be. She has her students sketch frequently, and she occasionally has them paint with soils. Her collaboration with Baumbach led the pair to cross-pollinate art and science further, with Baumbach bringing her art students to Vaughn’s science labs to talk about color and Vaughn giving guest lectures in Baumbach’s art materials courses. “Really, basic things like observation and analysis are at the core of what we both do, and we’re communicating through materials and visual forms,” Baumbach says. “The students are just starting to think broadly about materials, so hearing Karen talk about soils as a raw material is really interesting for them.”

In addition to giving talks about soil science and life as a researcher at K-12 schools and museums, Pressler works directly with teachers, taking them into the field and lab so they can get firsthand experience with soils. “They can then go back to their students and talk about soils and ecology, and the process of science, from their perspective,” says Pressler. “It’s more meaningful to the students that way.”

Michelle Bartholomew, a middle- and high-school science teacher, jumped at the chance to head into the field with Pressler in Colorado and Alaska. They developed soil science classes together, did some drawing and studied soils. “That was the highlight of my time with her, working on those tundra soils,” Bartholomew says. “It’s doing science, you know? Even though we’re science teachers, we don’t get to do that. It rejuvenated me… and gave me new ways of teaching old concepts.”

Artist Bethann Merkle, who has worked with scientist Karen Vaughn for two years, used soil pigments created from a burned area to paint scenes of the charred landscape.

(Bethann Merkle)

Pressler and Vaughn also believe in the importance of being role models who break out of the compartmentalization so common in science today. “It’s about showing young people that there are lots of different ways to be a scientist,” Pressler says, “that you can be colorful and explore different parts of your curiosity and still be a scientist.”

“We used to be Renaissance people,” Vaughn says. “Now it’s, ‘You need to stay in your box so you can do well at that.’ I feel like we’ve almost made it okay to be artistic while also being a scientist.”

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[nerdygaymormon]

You said you feel like there is one more thing you are meant to do from inside the church, would you mind sharing what that one thing is? Also, I love your insights on everything, it has truly blessed me and my perspective as a gay member :)

Thank you so much for that compliment! :)

I feel like I need to keep that last thing private as it involves another person and their family.

Thanks for being interested. I appreciate that.

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In Nov 2015 there were several things I thought would happen if I stayed

Helping young gay Mormons accept themselves

speak to leaders and help them understand better

speak to youth of my stake about being gay

maybe have a chance to share my story as a gay Mormon

Each of these went much bigger than I anticipated. For example, I thought I might talk with some local bishops or the stake president, not General Authorities.

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Here is a list of things that I think fall within this idea of a work to do in the Church if I stayed rather than walk away in Nov 2015:

2016 - January - My church assignment changed from stake young men president to stake executive secretary. The stake president says it is so my unique viewpoint can be heard in all the highest councils of the stake

2016 - June - I wrote my first blog post and it received exactly 0 likes or comments (prior to this I had only reblogged from others). It was about meeting the Sistas in Zion.

2016 - August - met a Seventy, Elder Joaquin Costa, and came out to him and he treated me with kindness

2016 - November - received my first anonymous ask/comment

2017 - April - After Elder Joaquin Costa spoke in General Conference, I again wrote about meeting him in 2016, this time with more details. That post went viral, receiving over 500,000 hits (mostly from Facebook people linking to it).

2017 - April - that viral blog post caused a lot of people to contact me, including a lot of queer teens & twenty-somethings who were hurting.

2017 - November - met Elder Claudio Costa. He and I got off to a rough start on a Friday night, but by Sunday afternoon we were friends & he invited me to visit him in Utah

2018 - January - Spoke at a stake youth fireside, gave message specifically for LGBTQ youth who may be in attendance

2018 - February - Spoke to the bishops in my stake about how to respond if someone comes out to them

2018 - March - The Out Foundation published a profile of me as a gay BYU alumnus

2018 - June - PFLAG of Provo asked me to create a square for a quilt that would be carried at the July 4th parade

2018 - September - Had lunch with Elder Claudio Costa in Utah. I told him God must love LGBTQ people because He keeps making more of us

2018 - November - I was on an episode of the Queerstake podcast

2018 - December - I had dinner with Elder Dale Renlund and we discussed a letter I had sent him about being a gay member.

2019 - January - I received a letter of apology from a Seventy who had told me that my assignment was to get a wife. I had written to him about why that was inappropriate and how to better approach others about that subject in the future.

2019 - February - I was quoted in an online article about my reaction to the Policy of Exclusion and having it added in the Preach My Gospel for missionaries

2019 - April - A bishop asked me to help him be more sensitive to LGBTQ members in his congregation

2019 - June - Went to Utah and met both Elder Claudio Costa and Elder Joaquin Costa again

2019 - July - I was on an episode of Richard Ostler’s podcast Listen, Learn & Love

2019 - September - I was interviewed by a French weekly newspaper

2019 - October - I spoke in a stake priesthood meeting (all males age 12+) and I included some ideas of how they could use the new Church youth initiative to be sensitive to gay youth in their ward

2019 - November - I received an impromptu request to speak in my ward. I spoke about being gay and how that puts me in the position of Hagar, the servant of Abram & Sarai. Hagar gave God a name, “the god who hears me.” Like her I deal with hard things, and God hears me and other marginalized people

2020 - January - I wrote a letter to Elder Holland

2020 - February - Received my 1000th ask on Tumblr, which is just incredible to me. This has been a way for me to address subjects that are of concern to LGBTQ+ people

2020 - February - Became President of Affirmation’s Florida chapter. It’s been dormant for 5 or 6 years, so basically it’s like starting a brand new chapter. Will organize a few events each year so LGBTQ+ people, their friends & family, whose lives intersect with the LDS Church, past or present, can get together and meet each other and feel supported & part of a community.

2020 - ??? - I will have several quotes in a book by Richard Ostler

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Seeing this all compiled into one list is, wow, I don’t even know how to describe what I’m feeling, but I can see that I have done what was asked of me by staying.

If something happens tomorrow and I get hit by a bus or I feel like God releases me from being a member, I can leave satisfied

This list doesn’t include all the one-on-one interactions.

And also this list doesn’t include how I tried to use this this blog to provide some honest experiences and feelings of a gay member, including good and hard times, which I feel are often missing in church.

Also, on this blog I provided resources for queer members along with some perspective & history. I wanted to reframe how we view ourselves because the church & scriptures are often so negative about us. We aren’t meant to hate ourselves, we’re meant to have joy in this life.

“[People] are that they might have joy.” 2 Nephi 2:25

Have Joy! Research shows, and my own experience corroborates it, joy is most likely to be found in association with others.

Let’s find joy in life. If that means being part of the church with your friends & family, then find joy there. If it means finding companionship and letting go of loneliness, find joy in that. If it means walking away from institutions and people who hurt you and inhibit your ability to feel joy, then go find joy.

[inquiringquilter]

Quilt Block Mania - August is Back to School!

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is summer fun!

We were also inspired by this color palette. The warm palette screams late summer doesn’t it?

Having a color palette as a guide makes it easy to assemble fabrics that will go together. My design however didn’t call for many of the colors in this palette, so I used complimentary ones when I could such as golden browns and a warm grey. Here’s my fabric pull.

With a theme of Back to School, I decided to design a chalkboard.

My pattern includes the words, “Back to School” but you can leave them off if you like. You can also use chalkboard fabric in place of the dark grey in the pattern and simply write your own message using chalk after the block is sewn.

The block uses a combination regular piecing and raw edge applique. If you’ve never tried raw edge applique you should! If you need help while making the block, there is a photo a tutorial here on my blog to help you.

There are tons of designers in this hop so be sure to visit all of them for your free pattern. Here are links to all the blocks in the Quilt Block Mania Back to School Series:

Crayons by Slice of Pi Quilts Lockers by Powered by Quilting Math Problem by Pretty Piney Chalk Board by Inquiring Quilter Stack of Books by Carolina Moore Pointy Pencil Block by Sew Brainy Geometry by Duck Creek Mountain Quilting Pencils by Quilting Room with Mel School Bus by Orange Blossom Quilt Book with Animal by Seams to be Sew Stack of Textbooks by Quilted Diary Shades of the Sun by Charisma Horton Basketball by Devoted Quilter Apples by Perkins Dry Goods Box of Crayons by ScrapDash Apple with leaf by Blockofthemodotcom Crayons by Off the Wall Quilt School Time Schoolhouse by Quilt Moments School House by Utah Quilt Appraiser Pencil by True Blue Quilts Owl by The Whimsical Workshop Calculator by Quilt Fabrication Crayons by Linda B Creative Applique Computer by DooHikey Designs Modern Apple by Cotton Street Commons Glue by Quilting Mod School Girls Puzzle by Sew on the Go Snack by Quiltfox Design Backpack by Oh Kaye Quilting Math Signs by Patti's Patchwork Bookworm by Appliques Quilts and More Backpack by Tacy Gray Schoolhouse by From my Carolina Home Girl's Favorite by Blue Bear Quilts Origami Paper Plane by Amarar Creacions Show up and Shine! by SewJoy Creations School House with Children by Aunte Ms Quilts

If you collect all the patterns, you’ll be able to make a nice-sized quilt. I decided to make a mini quilt with my block to hang on a small quilt hanger. My plan is to create a block for each month and to make a sort of seasonal quilt calendar for my sewing room.

Last month I made a Beach Umbrella for July, and soon I’ll add my Chalkboard for August! If you missed getting the Beach Umbrella block pattern, it’s available in my shop.

Quilt Block Mania returns next month with the theme, “Halloween” so be sure to come back on the first Tuesday of the month to see what I create!

How do I get the free Chalkboard Block pattern?

My Umbrella Block pattern is free to my email subscribers. If you’re already a subscriber, look in your next newsletter for the code, then click here to add the pattern to your cart. Enter the code and the block pattern is free!

If you aren’t a subscriber yet but you’d like to be, sign up using the form on the left. You’ll get the code in the next newsletter.

I’ll be sending out my newsletters only when there’s news, so don’t worry that I’ll fill your email with junk.

Speaking of which is there is so much going on here this week!

Happenings Here at Inquiring Quilter

If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out this post about the QAL By the Sea that started today! You can get my tips for making the block and learn where to download the free pattern. I hope you’ll join me and my Partners in Design in this fun quilt along!

Also, be sure to check out the Around the Block - USA Tour Blog Hop. Each week on Sunday, you can download a free block pattern for the featured state! The tour started last Sunday with Massachusetts. Don’t miss it!

Tomorrow you can return here and share your quilts and works in progress on my weekly Wednesday link up l call Wait Loss Wednesday (the idea is to encourage you to stop waiting and to instead finish those long standing wips.) We’ve got a great group that meets every week to share what they’ve been working on and I’d love for you to be a part of it!

If you’re looking to make new friends, join me on Facebook this Saturday for my weekly online quilting retreat I call my Saturday Sew-In. The fun starts at 8 AM EST and runs through 6 PM EST. It’s not live but there are get to know you prompts throughout the day to spark discussion and friendship. This is a fun and friendly group and you’ll soon make friends—real friends.

In addition, you’ll be inspired by other quilter’s projects and you’ll gets tons of encouragement as you share your own. If you’ve been missing companionship since COVID started, I guarantee you’ll find it here. Saturday Sew-In takes place in my private Facebook group. Click here to join my Facebook group. Be sure to answer the questions so I know your not a bot.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Mary Z Hutchings at the 45th annual utah quilt show

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I came. I saw. I shopped. I called my bank to assure them that I'm really me, and could they please unfreeze my debit card? Important thing to remember whenever you're at a show or convention with non-local vendors: when you use a charge card, the charge will go through whatever state the vendor calls home. Today at Quilt Week in Daytona Beach, I bought products from Minnesota, Utah, Kentucky and North Carolina, and my bank suspected fraud and froze my card. This happened to me in Houston, too, so I made a quick call to verify the charge and continued shopping. By the time I got to my car, I had also received both a text and a phone call from their fraud center. While I appreciate the lengths my bank goes to to protect its patrons, I can't imagine anyone is going to steal a bank card to purchase a few quilting supplies. I told the fraud investigator if they ever see charges from Bernie's Tattoo Emporium or Ralph's Reptiles, then they should suspect fraud. So, if you're at a show and your card is declined (and you know it shouldn't be), call your card company to let them know you're you.

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Catherine Iveson, 17, a senior at Mater Dei, with her horse Waldo at the Huntington Central Park Equestrian Center in Huntington Beach on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 put her love of riding horses on hold to study for the ACTC. Cat, as her family and friends call her, finally had to travel to New Mexico and Nevada to take the ACT test after the pandemic canceled her plans to take the test locally. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Mater Dei High senior Catherine Iveson approached her college entrance exams with a level of determination and responsibility that would make many parents proud.

The 17-year-old from Costa Mesa put one of her favorite extracurricular activities – competitive riding with her horse Waldo – on hold to focus on taking a weekend prep class for the ACT, one of the most common standardized tests for college admissions.

“It was as much about time as it was about finances,” she said of the decision. “It’s impractical to do both.”

But the trade-off turned out to be just the start of the sacrifices for Iveson and her family amid the first college application season of the pandemic era.

Iveson traveled outside of California not once, but twice, with her parents to take the ACT after the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing shutdown canceled testing opportunities in-state.

She drove with her parents to New Mexico and Nevada, joining other California high school students who journeyed hundreds of miles this fall to take the traditional admission exams – though most  private and public colleges have said they are not requiring them because of the pandemic.

“It’s like if you decide you want to run a marathon, and you spent eight months conditioning, and they said, ‘Oh, sorry there’s no marathon’ you be like, ‘No, I want to run the marathon,’”Iveson’s mother, Erin, said of the decision to still find a way to take the exam.

“She still wanted to do it. If you worked really hard to get that number for schools in hopes of acceptance, you really want a chance (to take the test).”

In a response to the pandemic and the physical closures of many high schools, the California State University system and its 23 campuses temporarily suspended SAT or ACT requirements for students applying to be freshmen in the fall of 2021.

The nine-campus University of California system made the same concession, but says students can still submit test scores, which might be used for course placement.

Private universities such as California Baptist in Riverside also temporarily suspended the admission test requirements for its incoming freshmen.

“Due to the circumstances and limited test availability, we didn’t want to have that barrier for students if they weren’t able to get a test,” said Taylor Neece, dean of admissions for Cal Baptist. “I am not aware of any universities in California requiring the SAT or ACT for the fall of 2021.”

But for a variety of the reasons, the quest for high school students to take the exams continues despite the stance of universities and obstacles for the efforts.

A recent morning in Peoria, Ariz. provided a snap shot of this landscape. On Saturday, Nov. 7, the most recent date for SAT testing, about 20 cars with California license plates were spotted in the parking lot at Centennial High, a host site for the exam.

On that same day, more than 200 testing sites in California reported cancellations, according to an online database for College Board, the nonprofit organization that administers the test. The database showed 72 testing sites available in California.

“So many people left the state to take the test,” Erin Iveson said. “So many went to Phoenix. So many went to Utah, Las Vegas.”

Iveson was first scheduled to take the ACT in-state on April 4, just a few weeks after the pandemic physically shuttered schools in mid-March. But the cancellations soon began to arrive, one after another.

“They canceled the April 4 test, they canceled the May test, they canceled the June and the July,” Erin Iveson said.

But Iveson didn’t want her prep class with AR Academics in Newport Beach to be for naught. As she searched online for open test sites, she decided to plug in the zip code of her cousins in New Mexico.

Bingo.

She found an open seat for Sept. 12 in Las Cruces, N.M., about 750 miles from her home in Costa Mesa.

“Every California zip code was either canceled or going to be canceled,” she said.

So Iveson and her mother made the two-day drive to New Mexico (this was well before California issued its travel advisory). Fortunately, they arrived early enough to handle another hurdle. Iveson needed a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of the exam.

The duo responded by driving about 50 miles to El Paso, Texas to take a rapid COVID-19 test before heading back to Las Cruces for the classroom exam.

“Just these crazy hurdles,” Iveson said. “They didn’t have tests in Las Cruces that would come back that day in a rapid test.”

For the ACT exam, she said all the students from California were placed in the same room, with social distancing and masks required.

Iveson, who maintains a 4.4 grade-point average, felt she performed well on the ACT, but didn’t quite hit her target score.

A few weeks later, she took the ACT again at a “pop-up site” in Las Vegas. The ACT offers the sites to accommodate students affected by the pandemic.

Iveson made the trek to Las Vegas with her father, Mark, and earned the score she had hoped for.

“After giving up so much to do prep and to really dedicate myself to it, I was not going to stop until I was really satisfied with my score,” she said. “I was happy with my score.”

Iveson’s interest in some highly ranked colleges also fueled her desire to take the ACT. She lists the University of North Carolina, University of Washington and Vanderbilt University among her favorites. She has already been accepted at the University of Arizona.

North Carolina, Washington and Vanderbilt are not requiring SAT or ACT scores, but Iveson didn’t want to leave it to chance.

“The college admission process is already so daunting and it’s so competitive,” she said. “Even though schools are saying that they won’t consider you differently if you don’t take the test, how are you really supposed to know? That’s not a very comforting thing.”

Palos Verdes High senior Maya Whitcomb said she submitted her SAT scores – taken as a sophomore – in her application to Middlebury College in Vermont despite entrance scores – including the SAT subject exam – being optional.

“My scores were pretty strong and I felt representative of what I’m capable of,” said Whitcomb, also a runner in track. “Just another data-point for them. It definitely couldn’t hurt.”

But there are alternatives besides admission exams for students seeking to raise their profile with universities.

At Cal Baptist, for example, Neece said grade-point average and essays are both excellent targets.

“You don’t want to be defined by just a GPA number,” he said. “You’re more than a number, so the essay is really your opportunity to showcase yourself, your talents, your strengths and your fit for the institution.”

The UC application, due Monday, Nov. 30, presents applicants with a series of short-answer questions.

The common application gives students an option to write about how the pandemic has affected them.

Joe Liu, executive director of Sylvan Learning of Irvine, has seen students prioritize the college essay.

He said at least two high school seniors from the center who recently earned $1,400 Wescom scholarships plan to put some of the money toward tutoring to improve their essays.

“They’re using that scholarship money to enhance their college essay and some are using it to help with their classwork (and) to prepare for AP exam,” Liu said. “They’re definitely utilizing that money wisely.”

The Ivesons made some cost-saving steps on their trips. They stayed with family, for example, in New Mexico, but still ended up spending several hundred dollars on hotels and food on their travels.

They also know that not all families can afford such trips, and Iveson said she is grateful for her parents’ support.

“We survived it,” Erin Iveson said. “It’s a lot of extra stress. It’s financial. It’s emotional.”

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[travelingtheusa]

TENNESSEE

2020 Oct 15 (Thu) – Craig & Terilu left this morning. They live in Tennessee and only have a two hour drive to get home.  We just hung around the campground all day, starting to take down stuff and get ready for tomorrow’s move.  At 5 pm, w.e went out with Hank & Brenda for Mexican fare.  Sadly, the restaurant did not serve margaritas.  We had to content ourselves with a delicious meal of large proportions.  We returned to the campground and enjoyed a campfire

 2020 Oct 14 (Wed – My Birthday) – We went into Gatlinburg to a craftsmen’s fair being held at the convention center.  There were 200 booths with artisans of all kinds – woodwork, metalwork, glasswork, jewelry, food, quilts, clothing, etc.  There are lots of very talented people in the world! We all bought some things.  We got a sign with our favorite saying: Just Another Day in Paradise.  I picked out a CD after listening a gentleman play a dulcimer and bought a new purse. Paul tried so hard to buy me something for my birthday but I don’t need anything.  That’s the problem with living in a small space.  We have no room.  Also, at my age, I have accumulated everything I want.  Anything from this point on has to be consumable.

     We had happy hour at 5 because we got back after 4.  They brought out a cake and sang happy birthday to me.  That was nice.  Paul got the projector going and we all watched the movie, “RV”.  It was pretty funny.  Robin Williams was such a great actor.

2020 Oct 13 (Tue) – Kevin & Joy left this morning.  They have to be at MacDill AFB the day after tomorrow.  Craig went golfing; Hank & Brenda went shopping; and Paul & I went to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park intending to take a hike near Laurel Falls. Forget that!  The crowds in the park were unbelievable.  It was nonstop traffic, which made it hard to even cross the road from the parking lot.  We stopped at one place to look at The Sinks – an area where a small waterfall and rapid water flowed through an area that had been dynamited by the railroad company and changed the direction of the river.  

     We then drove to Laurel Falls and couldn’t even find any parking. There were cars parked for a mile or two on either side of the falls in addition to the parking lot.  We bypassed the area and stopped further down the road at a place with a sign saying “Quiet Walk.”  It professed to be a quiet walk through the last of the wilderness area in the state.  It didn’t go anywhere; just gave you a chance to enjoy the outdoors.  It was not an easy walk.  About a quarter of a mile in, the trail climbed sharply upward.  When we got to the top, we discovered a cemetery with graves dating from the 1800s.  There was also a grave marker for 2019.  I guess it’s a family graveyard and still in use.

     We stopped at Kroger to pick up some corn on the cob and wine, then returned to the campground about 4 p.m.  We had arranged to have a barbecue today at 5 p.m.  Everyone brought over their own meat and we each prepared some part of the meal – Craig & Terilu the baked potatoes and zucchini bread; Hank & Brenda a salad and cheesecake; and us with corn on the cob and coffee afterward.  Paul had set up the sheet for a movie.  Everything worked well during the set up but when he tried to play the movie tonight, he couldn’t get the dvd to play.  Don’t know what happened.  He was able to play the video of our trip through Utah in 2018 but not the movie. Oh, well.

 2020 Oct 12 (Mon) – We went to Ober Gatlinburg today.  We carpooled from the campground at 10 a.m. and drove into Gatlinburg.  The traffic was horrendous and it took us almost one and a half hours to go 19 miles.  They advertised that Oktoberfest was taking place from the end of September through to the beginning of November.

     We took the tramway up 2.1 miles to the Ober.  The experience was somewhat disappointing.  They were understaffed in the restaurant so the service was very slow.  The food was OK but nothing special.  They did not have a great assortment of beers, which you would expect.  There were 3 young women singing behind a plastic barrier.  What kind of oompah band was that?

     At any rate, we got back about 4 p.m. and promptly went into happy hour. Again, no dinner.

 2020 Oct 11 (Sun) – We all went to the Hatfields vs. Macoys Dinner Show at 11 a.m. today.  We had a delightful meal of vegetable soup, fried chicken, pulled pork, smashed taters, corn on the cob, cole slaw, and either banana or chocolate pudding.  The show was very entertaining especially when the stage opened up and they had a deep pool that the characters were diving into.

     Tonight, we had happy hour at 4 and again, didn’t in any dinner. This could become a problem.

 2020 Oct 10 (Sat) – We ran out to Kroeger to pick up some groceries.  Paul and I stopped in at the Knifeworks store in town.  It was an amazing place with many floors and rooms with knives, guns, and other items.  The annoying part was that the place was packed.  There were people everywhere!  We finally wound up leaving because you just couldn’t see anything. All we kept doing was sidestepping people to get near displays.  

     We had happy hour with the 3 other couples here at 4 p.m.  Rather than ending around 5/5:30, it went on past 7:30 p.m.  That killed dinner.  We filled up on snacks during happy hour.

2020 Oct 9 (Fri) – We left Corbin, KY at 10:30 a.m.  Before we pulled stakes, we stopped in the small café at the campground and had breakfast.  Although it opened at 9 a.m., the cook had just arrived and we had to wait almost a half hour before we got our food.  And then the biscuit was doughy inside.  I guess the cook was anxious to get our food to us and pulled the biscuits out of the oven too soon.

     The countryside of Kentucky and Tennessee is beautiful.  There are lots of trees, many of them starting to put on their fall colors.  Our drive was only two hours to the Riverside RV Park and Resort.  This is a huge place and almost all spaces are full.  We are surprised that so many people are camping, given the pandemic.  Guess there’s more people like us who are cautious but not terrified of moving about the country.

     Craig and Terilu came into the campground right behind us and Hank and Brenda arrived around 5 p.m.  Paul and I put up the new 10x30 tent we bought for the caravan next year.  It’s kind of a test run.  Next test will be the movie screen.  We all sat around and chatted until 7 p.m.

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Growing The Henry Ford’s Quilt Collection: The Modern Quilt Movement

A display of quilts made by members of the Lincoln, Nebraska Modern Quilt Guild at American Quilt Study Group’s October 2019 Seminar. Photo by Jeanine Head Miller. The 400 quilts in The Henry Ford’s collection, dating from the 1700s to the 2000s, represent quilting traditions of nearly 300 years--all reflecting the resourcefulness and creativity of their makers. Quilts were among the objects of everyday life that Henry Ford collected as he gathered objects for his museum. Since Ford’s time, The Henry Ford’s curators have continued to add to the collection, gathering quilts that represent diverse quilting traditions. Quilts serve a practical purpose as warm bedcovers. Yet they are also inherently about design--from a simple traditional pattern to a unique motif crafted through the expert manipulation of pattern and color. While many quiltmakers have no formal training in design, they instinctively create attractive quilts that display their innate talents. Quiltmaking has continued to evolve, reflecting new aesthetics and influences. An exciting, robust trend of the past 20 years has been the Modern Quilt Movement—a style of quiltmaking we are eager to add to our collection.

A display of quilts made by members of the Lincoln, Nebraska Modern Quilt Guild at American Quilt Study Group’s October 2019 Seminar. Photo by Jeanine Head Miller. A wonderful opportunity arose. While giving a paper at the American Quilt Study Group’s October 2019 Seminar, I met Kristin Barrus, who was presenting a poster session on “Why Women Under 45 Quilt.” (Silent Generation and Baby Boomers created the quilt revival of the post-Bicentennial era. They were followed by GenX and Millennial quilters, many of whom have shaped and embraced the Modern quilt aesthetic.)

Kristin Barrus’s poster, presented at the American Quilt Study Group Seminar in 2019. Photo by Jeanine Head Miller. Kristin, a graduate student studying Material Culture and Textile History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is not only knowledgeable about the Modern Quilt Movement, she’s a modern quiltmaker herself. We were delighted to have Kristin join us this Spring for a remote practicum experience at The Henry Ford, conducting research on the Modern Quilt Movement to help us more fully understand its vibrant landscape. Her research will inform strategic additions to our collections: examples of modern quilts, printed materials reflecting the movement, and books on the topic. Part of Kristin’s research involves a survey of modern quilters. Here’s Kristin to tell you more about the Modern Quilt Movement, and her research survey. Jeanine Head Miller is Curator of Domestic Life at The Henry Ford.

Kristin Barrus. Photo by Alisha Tunks. Hi, I’m glad to have this opportunity to tell you about my quilt research project! I started quiltmaking around 2003 in my twenties and got swept up with this new aesthetic called Modern quilting. I co-founded the Utah County Modern Quilt Group, which ran monthly for seven years in Lehi, Utah. While I taught at meetings, quilt shows and retreats, I realized I was more interested in watching the quiltmakers make connections with each other than with what came out of the other side of my sewing machine. (Although I do still love to make quilts!) The topic of my thesis for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is the first study of QuiltCon, an annual convention for Modern quiltmakers.

Modern Trends, Kristin Barrus, 2017. A sampler quilt turned Modern by joining several popular quilt blocks together in a new layout. Photo by Kristin Barrus. There is much to celebrate and investigate in 21st century quiltmaking. The Modern Quilt Movement is a sub-category within quiltmaking, bracketed at years 2000–2020 for the purposes of my research. Modern is a very broad and sometimes contested term, not just a new aesthetic. It’s also a new kind of experience in the contemporary quilt world. People come to Modern quilting not only to make quilts, as traditional quiltmaking guilds do, but to be a part of the energetic vibe that happens at Modern meetings, both online and in person. Often people who do not consider themselves Modern quiltmakers join because they love the inclusive comradery, mini quilt swaps and inspiration of the Modern Quilt Movement. Thus this popular phenomenon is identified not only by what Modern quilts look like, but also the type of person and the community involved. The main design philosophy of Modern is exploration through bending or breaking unspoken—and sometimes spoken—traditional quilt rules. It relies on the use of technology such as blogs, Instagram and digital publications to connect across distances, initially building a vibrant community online. Because of the variety and dispersed nature of these makers, Modern quilting is complicated. The look of Modern quilts can include brighter color palettes in solids or prints, or quiet neutrals to create quilts with a strong graphic feel. Or it could just be a new twist on a traditional pattern. Other common aspects include, but are not limited to, large use of negative space, asymmetrical design and straight-line, rather than curvilinear, quilting.

Group Improv, Kristin Barrus & Sew Night Friends, 2018. An example of collaborative quilt design by seven women, using popular colors and fabrics. Photo by Kristin Barrus. For my practicum at The Henry Ford, I will present a paper on “The Landscape of the Modern Quilt Movement, 2000-2020” next Spring. I will also recommend specific quilts from the movement to consider acquiring for The Henry Ford’s collection, as well as books on the topic. In the meantime, I will be conducting recorded interviews with key individuals from the movement to be included in The Henry Ford’s archives, as well as future research. My project also includes a survey for Modern quilters. I am hoping to hear from anyone who has participated in Modern quiltmaking in any way, via an anonymous survey. I hope to capture what Modern means to the people who play a part in it: What do they feel Modern is? What are the trends and people that have influenced them? This data will help academia study what the Modern Quilt Movement is, as well as its impact on the lives of many people all over the world. The survey is anonymous, contains 15 questions and takes about 5–8 minutes to complete.

Tula Pink Millefiori, Kristin Barrus, 2017. A hand applique medallion quilt using motifs from popular fabric designer Tula Pink. Photo by Kristin Barrus. Let Your Modern Voice Be Heard

If you have participated in Modern quiltmaking in any way, please consider taking the survey, or sending it to someone you know who makes Modern quilts. The lines between Modern and Modern-traditional quiltmaking are blurred and intersect often. As you answer each question, please reflect on what Modern means to you specifically, regardless of how anyone else defines Modern quiltmaking. You can access the survey here, or using the QR code below.

Kristin Barrus is a graduate practicum student at The Henry Ford.

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[americanforkcitizen]

Am. Fork Cancels Carnival, Big Show

(Credit: Melissa Jensen)

The Steel Days committee met this week and decided to cancel more events after a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in Utah.

"We will not completely cancel the Steel Days celebration," the committee said in a Facebook post Thursday. "The responsible and wise thing to do is to scale it back significantly."

By Friday, the committee had updated the event schedule online, cancelled the City of Fun Carnival and decided to refund vendors' fees. The cancellation of the Big Show was made official. It also cancelled the discount swim day at the American Fork Fitness Center which is traditionally held on the Tuesday of Steel Days.

Carnival in 2019. (M. Jensen)

The Big Show is being replaced by a Magic Show, starting at 8pm on Saturday, July 11 at Art Dye. The fireworks are still on and will take place at 10pm. The parade is not cancelled either.

“We are making it a neighborhood parade that will drive through town and people can watch from their front yard,” the committee said.

For the first time in the 75-year history of American Fork Steel Days, there is a contagion disclaimer: "The Steel Days Committee has made every effort to ensure the safety of all attendees and volunteers and make this a contagion-free event.... However, you acknowledge that we cannot guarantee all risks of infection are eliminated."

In a previous article, the Citizen reported that American Fork had already cancelled the Marching Band Breakfast, the Baby Contest, the Tea with the Queen, and the Quilt Show. The committee also said the schedule is subject to change and events can be added back if conditions improve.

[mormonmonastery]

@bookofmormonmemes tagged my main in this, but I felt like this belonged here, so it’s here.

Nicknames: I’m Nathan and I never really got nicknames attached to that--I don’t mind people calling me Nate, it just never happens? for some reason people always ask if it’s short for Nathaniel but it’s not, it never was.

Gender: cis male, practically oozing in privilege

Star Sign: leo

MBTI Type: oh, missed this when I first posted! I’ve been sorted as INFJ and INFP different times that I’ve taken the test. still not 100% sure what that last category really means bc of that.

Height: 6′1″

Nationality: American, southwestern

Time: 6:13pm right now

Birthday: august 13th

Fav Bands: The Beatles, Talking Heads, R.E.M., Sleater-Kinney, The Olivia Tremor Control...look, we could be here all day with this question

Fav solo artists: Bowie, Prince, Carly Rae Jepsen, Jens Lekman

Song stuck in my mind: going to take this chance to stan for local provo/slc punk band Peach Dream who I went to see with my roommate last week...they’re incredible for a band of their size (still opening for other bands and playing hole-in-the-wall stores), they sound like call the doctor-era Sleater-Kinney which--believe me--is Praise I Don’t Throw Around Lightly; their song “Casionova” is FANTASTIC [language advisory tho friends, just fyi if you care about that]. 

also want to take the chance to introduce you to power pop maestro A.C. Newman whose The Town Halo is a little mini-hurricane of a song, like some strange frankenstein of a banger and a bop, and has also been stuck in my head since I heard it.

Last movie watched: Spider-Man: Homecoming, exactly a week ago.

Last show watched: new episode of Twin Peaks, although I think I’m gonna start rewatching The Office before I end up posting this.  

When did I create my blog: April 4 2014! I can remember exactly because I set it up while I was at a party my woodwind section leader was throwing the night before general conference and I wanted to make sure I could start posting for that general conference and the Holy Week that immediately followed. weird to think that it’s been over three years!

What do I post abt: mormonism, theology, religious studies, treating other people nice, and obscure memes based on mormon culture

Last thing I googled: “media luminary” to see if forbes had any non-under-30 media luminaries. 

Do you have other blogs: yes. I’ve got a main I don’t want to explicitly link to  because I want to keep the option of attaching this one to my professional career available if I want it, but it’s basically an open secret. I also help run @ladyapostles with @hymnsofheresy and spun-off a bit on a Utah-based wizarding school into @deseretschoolofwitchcraft with @j-the-latter-gay-saint, but both of those update rarely, if ever.

Why did you choose your url: the alliteration was cute and fun.

Following: 358

Followers: 941

Fav Color: the classic and by now default answer I established as a child was orange but I think I may be starting to drift towards purple?

Average hours of sleep: about 7, my sleep cycle is still off from when I went to new york and month ago.

Lucky number: 27 

Instruments: I played alto saxophone from fifth grade to freshman year before switching to tenor sax and then quitting band after I lost most of my friends there and fulfilled the three semesters of marching required to get a PE credit the fall of my junior year. I tired to learn guitar and piano at one point, but I failed.

What i’m wearing: old hand-me-down web developer conference t-shirt and carpenter jeans 

How many blankets do I sleep with: I have 1 super-light quilt that I handmade with my mom and grandma for summer times and then like three other quilts to pile atop during the winter. 

Dream job: full and tenured Professor of Religion and Theology at a university somewhere

Dream trip: 3 MONTH EUROPEAN CATHEDRAL AND ART MUSEUM TOUR 

Fav food: anyone in my family will tell you I have an insane sweet tooth and they wouldn’t be lying; I’m a big fan of apples, orange chicken, gyros, and cold pizza.

like the idea of tagging the last twenty people to show up in my reblogs, let’s roll with that: 

@nerdygaymormon @problememes @mormonsunshine @brookamimi @return-to-christs-love15 @liberalmormon @stpaulofsuburbia @weirdo-with-cool-glasses @the-queen-is-off-duty @fladoodles @justthatspiffy @ariannadon @obeahdear @beepala @ragingmormoness @sistermountainpixie @liahonagirl @eleveri @winking-widow @burnt-kloverfield 

#asks #tag meme

[harvestheart]

Quilting for their Lives: Pakistani Women at Santa Fe International Folk Art Market

In a remote village in the Thar desert of Pakistan, the women are primarily Hindu in a Muslim country. Not only that, but they are from the bottom of the untouchable caste system. They have very few options in life for what they can do to earn a living. Most of the women are illiterate and are forbidden to travel without their husbands or a male relative. The men dye cotton and the women take that cotton and stitch together brightly patterned Ralli quilts. They embroider, appliqué, and adorn their creations with bits of mirror, sequins, shells and beads. The patterns are based on ancient textile traditions dating back thousands of years.

“Portuguese traders in the 1500s brought back boatloads of quilts to Europe. Those quilts were described as being brightly colored with lots of bordering,” Patricia Stoddard said via telephone from her home in Utah. She is the author of the book Ralli Quilts: Traditional Textiles from Pakistan and India – and has been the agent of the Ralli quiltmakers, Lila Handicrafts, whose quilts she first took  to the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market in 2004 to give international exposure to the women working in stark poverty to create these beautiful objects. They’ve participated in the Market, occurring July 8-10 this year at Museum Hill in Santa Fe, every year since.

Stoddard serendipitously came upon Ralli quilts while living in Pakistan. Her husband was a Defense Department attaché in Islamabad. They were provided a big, empty house and she was looking for items to decorate the enormous white walls, something colorful. She spent hours in handicraft shops looking through stacks of textiles, embroidery, weaving; at the very bottom of the stack she found a quilt. Having lived on the East Coast, Stoddard thought the quilt reminded her of Amish quilts, but made with very intense color. The shopkeeper told her it was a quilt made in the villages, but that nobody was interested in buying them, so he didn’t carry many in his shop. In a different store she found another quilt  appliquéd with sequins. Then she found some in the museum, and was told , “they make them in the villages.” Stoddard estimates that 25 million people sleep under these quilts every night. They are made for home use, given as gifts on the occasion of marriages and births. The more quilts a family owns, the wealthier they are considered. Often the quilts are made and exchanged as currency for a buffalo, cow or goat to provide a permanent milk source for a family.

I am totally in awe of the women that make these quilts. It teaches me that if women of the West, we have certain skill sets, we learn certain things. They have memory for pattern and I have never seen a written description. Somebody had one on a camel that went by. They grew up in a village and this was the pattern. Most of the intricate patchwork patterns have no mistakes. There’s an integrity to them. They have no cutting boards, no tables, no quilt frames, no rotary cutters. It’s a needle and thread and fabric that they make these out of. It’s just amazing,” Stoddard said.

Stoddard helped launch Lila Handicrafts when she was contacted by a son whose mother made quilts and was looking for a way to sell them. He managed to get a digital camera and send her images. She sent money to them via a Western Union account and they shipped her the quilts. Their appearance at Santa Fe International Folk Art Market in 2004 was a boon for the quilters. The sale of the quilts has provided money for the cooperative to develop local schools, including the new Santa Fe Desert School, named in honor of the relationship the women have with the Folk Art Market.

“It gives me such a feeling of connection with these women because the things that they think are beautiful I think are beautiful. I can appreciate the hours of work it takes, in some quilts the stitches are completely hidden and the appliqué looks like it is magically adhered to the background. There is a connection. A great similarity to what we perceive as beautiful and fine work.” Stoddard said.

This year, the Lila Handicrafts Ralli quilters will also be featured in an exhibit called “The Arts of Survival: Folk Expression in the Face of Natural Disaster” opening July 3 at the Museum of International Folk Art, curated by Suzanne Seriff, a folklorist from the University of Texas, Austin.

The exhibit is about natural disaster and “the way folk artists garner every means available to them to survive and help other people in their community survive,” Seriff said. She had the genesis of an idea and about the same time last summer that the Clinton Global Initiative was meeting in Santa Fe to discuss Haitian disaster relief following the earthquake, there was also this huge flood in Pakistan. So Seriff narrowed down her exhibition to the four elements: earth, wind, water, fire and selected one disaster from the 21st Century for each of those primal elements gone awry: The earthquake in Haiti, hurricane Katrina, the flooding in Pakistan, and the volcanic eruption near Java, Indonesia.

In Pakistan, the region most hard hit was the Sindh province, where Ralli quilts are prominent. “I started looking at the pictures on the news services and they showed people with bundles on their heads of these colorful quilts. They were ubiquitous,” Seriff said.  “I heard reports of women in the relief camps who had been there for months and were running out of food and supplies, no money, no identification, using any scraps of materials they could find, materials cut from clothing and blankets sent from around the world, to create the quilt tops. They were selling them to relief agents and neighboring markets to survive. Many of the women had brought with them, their dowry pieces, quilts that had been made for them or that they had made for their daughters. They were willing to sell them to get money to go home.” The exhibit will feature two dowry quilts made by different women.

And, for the first time ever, Surendar Valasai, husband of a quilter, will travel to Santa Fe for the International Folk Art Market and Art of Survival exhibition t MOIFA. Because he agreed to come, his wife, quilter Naina Valasai will also travel from Pakistan to the United States. Surendar travels back and forth to Karachi to mail quilts. He speaks English – and Seriff has asked him to share his experience of working with the quilters in the refugee camps. It will be the first time he or his wife have ever left their homeland.

“I am totally in awe of the women that make these quilts. It teaches me that if women of the West, we have certain skill sets, we learn certain things. They have memory for pattern and I have never seen a written description. Somebody had one on a camel that went by. They grew up in a village and this was the pattern. Most of the intricate patchwork patterns have no mistakes. There’s an integrity to them.

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