Love Your Mother
The theme for this issue is a double entendre—Love Your Mother. In this case, it is referring to both Mother’s Day and Mother Earth/Earth Day. Mother’s Day was an obvious choice, as we all have mothers and/or mother figures in our life. But I was curious what designers would do for Earth Day—would I get quilts made from recycled materials? Would the quilts be political in nature? We sent out the submission request, and I awaited responses. I was blown away by the designs we received! In all honesty, there were several designs that we could not accept because of the size and complexity; however, we chose six designs in all that fit theme. They vary in difficulty from easy to challenging, and style from traditional to modern, but we have…
