Last Sunday I visited with the Threads of Blessing people at Cathedral House and am sharing one of the wonderful embroidered tapestries with a SHARDS subscriber (thanks to all of you guys). Subscribe by this Sunday evening to be in the drawing. If you don’t know about Threads of Blessing, it was founded a group of Episcopalian women from the West Texas Diocese who organize workshops in Honduras, Mexico, and Uganda that encourage the local women to share their creative skills. Pretty cool. Here’s a photo of a workshop on the grass in Uganda.
Today’s Friday Freebie is a fanciful embroidered tapestry by Ugandan artisan Esther Byaruhanga depicting a group of people planting a garden. The little seeds are tiny white stitches – maybe corn? The colors are vibrant and the people are happily working – it’s a labor of love, for sure.
After receiving her gift of payment, one of the Ugandan women on the Threads of Blessing site wrote, “With the second gift I was able to get the school results for my second child and buy land for them. How to build a house was a problem. With this third gift I can now continue with building our house.” So the Friday Freebie will be a gift to you! Thanks for supporting artists everywhere, including me :). I’ll announce the winner of Esther’s tapestry on Monday morning.
I so love the way you are always finding ways to help and support others, worthy causes….good job, Lyn!
Thanks, Pam – as Marshall McLuhan said, “there are no passengers on spaceship Earth – we are all crew!”
How incredibly beautiful that this, Did I tell you I am a Episcopal Woman {hint, hint} Are you sure Im reregistered?? Would love to do a class on Altars or Shadow Boxes!!!!
Yep, you’re in the drawing! I love your idea about altars – and those that don’t do altars could call it a shadowbox! Perfect. I’ll schedule it maybe for early December. By that time we’ll need a quiet, contemplative Sunday afternoon at the Studio 🙂
There is a stitched piece by Edith Kibirige, from Threads of Blessings that hangs on the wall behind my desk. I marvel at these women and how much detail goes into their work. Blessings.
And it’s almost like a snapshot into their lives, interpreted through love. Thanks, Jean.
What a beautiful site of joy in their eyes. The amazin talent!
What a nice thing to do to help Threads of Blessing!
So much love put into this beautiful, little tapestry. Just goes to show, art doesn’t have to be huge to make a big impact. Thank you for sharing the love with all of us.
Beautiful!
Have a great weekend!