I lament not being able to gather in activities especially singing. Barb has taken me into their family bubble so there are treasured events that enter the unsegmented weeks. The rare times with Ron’s young sons were so restricted.

I have not seen Robert and his family since the COVID emergency. Richard drew on e on her funeral order of service.

I used watercolour because it is the media that I use for the cards I paint symbolized by the partial frame. It shows how people spent their time, what they found difficult and what was a blessing, what they want to remember or forget about this moment in history.Ĭontributors (same order as quilt): Carla Santomero The COVID quilt is a visual representation of how some people experienced the pandemic. A way for the artist to make a physical representation of their thoughts and emotions. Quilts have also become pieces of art using material as the medium. a way to use up remnants and make something larger and useful. Quilts are traditionally made from bits and pieces of leftover material. (You really need to click to get the full images, and then even to zoom in to get the effect here.) Hopefully those who remember will contact the website committee to let us know some of them.) Where we have them, the stories are included following the quilt image. (admittedly, it would be better if more of the stories behind the quilts were here too. Hopefully this page will be an ever growing series of quilts associated with our church. It’s a Mennonite church, and quilts are just part of that.

September 2017 desktop wallpaper quilt