This is the third instalment of people in our community sharing their ideas of what community means to them. Through the Our Song, Your Reflection project, I wanted to share stories of how community has helped, influenced, transformed the work and lives of quilters/artists/businesspeople. I invited a some to make star blocks and tell us their story. I will be assembling these blocks into a collaborative quilt later this summer.

HollyAnne Knight of String & Story says, “I love that the quilting world still lives by the wisdom that ‘many hands make light work.'”

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkAoX8MjAjV/?taken-by=stringandstory

Pat Sloan, an established leader in the quilting community, says,  “The community of quilters uplifting each other is strong and we are more mighty because of it. I can not even count the number of designers, industry folk and quilters that have become my family, my community.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkGeivNAq6X/?taken-by=quilterpatsloan

Lisa Hoffman-Maurer states it simply:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkKpAE0jOx9/?taken-by=sewwhatyoulove

Lysa Flower talks about how she dreamed of being a part of a movement, and then found quilters.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkOgWlKjOMg/?taken-by=3rdstoryworkshop

Krista Henneberry of Poppyprint has become a human connector through the work that she does. I’m so glad I met her last year; she has become a mentor to me.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkP_eU4jOVk/?taken-by=poppyprint