Through (Fannie Lou Hamer’s) example, I learned to think less about what I don’t have and instead focus on what I do have and how it can be be of use in the service of others.
~Keisha Blain
Quilting
Since this is a large project I’m quilting on my home machine, my first step is to quilt the main diagonals… again. Done without tucks this time. Next I found straight lines the length and width of the OWs. Now I’m trying to fill in by ditch stitching all the remaining triangles because many of these pieces are older and I hate the thought of seams fraying. I really should be using free-motion but currently the walking foot is still working. {Those free-motion orange peels from point to point would have been much simpler and easier. Ah, well.}
Reading
Dipo Faloyin’s book, Africa is Not a Country, is my current read. It’s a continent I’ll probably never be able visit so his insights were especially interesting. Starting in his home city of Lagos, Nigeria, he uses seven dictatorships as background for the complex struggle for self-rule, freedom, and democracy. Topics range from colonialism to white savior complex, and from soccer to jollof. His love and enthusiasm for the diverse people of Africa shines throughout.
Ann