“Running Deep” was juried into the exhibit “Journal Quilt Project II: Elements – Earth, Water, Air, and Fire.” It will be touring until early 2010. Venues include International Quilt Market and Festival in Houston, Tex., Oct. 25-Nov. 2, 2008; International Quilt Festival in Chicago, Illinois, April 17-19, 2009; and International Quilt Festival in Long Beach, California, July 24-26, 2009.
Several summers of drought where
I live (near Charlotte, NC) got me thinking a lot about water… about how 45 percent to 75 percent of the human body is water … about how we are poisoning our creeks and lakes with pesticides … about battles fought between states and municipalities about who gets the water from our rivers and lakes, and how much … and about how essential clean water is to both people and animals.
Many of our native fish – like the beautiful Bear Lake cutthroat trout featured in my quilt – are threatened because of rising water temperatures, pollution and environmental degradation. Will we get our act together in time to save the trout … and ourselves?
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