My name is Mom-Me at home. Friends who say my given name correctly are highly valued. Jenni-lyn, two distinct sounding names. Not Jen-all-lyn smushed together. I read every day, date husband at least weekly, watch films, daydream, teach early Daily Seminary-Bible Class to (only 13 this year!), cook extravagant meals, make famous fudge, take walks...but mostly I quilt and paint and parent!
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Two YEARS ago Quilt Show
This was my big controversial-wild quilt at the last Flying Geese Quilt show in 2006. My hair is almost this long again. I have no where to hang this one, so it is folded up on a shelf. Not enough walls in our home. I do rotate things.
I'm so glad you are doing this. I love the photo of the two Jennilyns and the quilt and the you Jennilyn. I hadn't heard that the quilt was controversial. I guess people controvert over a lot of things that would be easier to love.
Ahh, the controversy: I do weird things in the name of art. I used lots of pastel chalks, paint, and spray paint (through a lace tablecloth) on this, but it was mostly the things I wrote. I was brutally honest, inked how much I weigh, my strengths and my weaknesses, personal history stuff, how I met John, testimony in glaring truth. It drew a lot of attention. I talked about angels and FBI testing on LDS agents. I stood nearby and listened to women arguing about whether or not something like that should be allowed in a show, how brazen it was. Shocking. The dress I have never worn, never could--it was a size 2 from C-Mart super sale, tons of sequins and beads. I sliced it up and the front and the sides and back to make it just fit one outline side of me (John drew around my body on a sheet to get the outline. It tickled. Good date activity!).
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I'm so glad you are doing this. I love the photo of the two Jennilyns and the quilt and the you Jennilyn. I hadn't heard that the quilt was controversial. I guess people controvert over a lot of things that would be easier to love.
why was it controversial? Haven't I seen you wear that dress in the picture? I like your hair in the pic! Do it like that for church :)
Ahh, the controversy: I do weird things in the name of art. I used lots of pastel chalks, paint, and spray paint (through a lace tablecloth) on this, but it was mostly the things I wrote. I was brutally honest, inked how much I weigh, my strengths and my weaknesses, personal history stuff, how I met John, testimony in glaring truth. It drew a lot of attention. I talked about angels and FBI testing on LDS agents. I stood nearby and listened to women arguing about whether or not something like that should be allowed in a show, how brazen it was. Shocking. The dress I have never worn, never could--it was a size 2 from C-Mart super sale, tons of sequins and beads. I sliced it up and the front and the sides and back to make it just fit one outline side of me (John drew around my body on a sheet to get the outline. It tickled. Good date activity!).
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