A Garden of Strength and Beauty Makes Ms. Swartz Smile

When your 10th grader comes home and says her English teacher "needs" a quilt, you have to go with that. India and I chose to allow Ms. Ann Swartz to adopt A Garden of Strength and Beauty because it just seemed to suit her. Ms. Swartz is a gardener, a survivor of breast cancer, and was going through some personal challenges, according to India.

This quilt always made me smile. Hopefully, it will make her smile too.

P.S. It was also a great way to say thank you for making my daughter love English.

Sax Man Goes to its New Home

Sax Man was made to commemorate the reirement of Tom Andrews from Fulton County last December. Tom was the County Manager of Fulton County during my tenure as County Attorney.

Tom played in jazz bands in his younger days. Hopefully retirement will allow him to get that saxophone out of the closet.

Justin's Sweet Home Finds a New Home

Remember Justin's Sweet Home? At the time I made it, it was for no particular purpose. Now it is gone to Milwaukee to live with Ms. Eileen Beard. When Ms. Beard was diagnosed with breast cancer, my nephew Lance Reed who is one of her co-workers, organized the effort to get her a quilt.

My quilts have been known to have healing powers. In fact, all things made with love have healing powers.

Send up a prayer for Ms. Beard.

The Lady is A Lawyer raises $1800 for Women of Color Scholarship Fund

Fifty years ago, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed May 1 Law Day. It is to be a "day of national dedication to the principle of government under law."

In honor of Law Day I share with you a quilt called The Lady is a Lawyer. It was donated to the Women of Color Attorneys for auction to raise money for its scholarship fund. I am happy to report that this quilt sold for $1800! I am thankful that I was able to play a small part in helping a young woman of color attend law school.

This quilt is part of my African Canvas Memory Quilt series and is #75 of the 100 quilts in that series.