Sagacious Sisters  

Geri Parker

   - Piecing and Prairie points

Jennifer Pielow

    - Label and Quilting

Kathy McNeil

   - Design and Applique

Awards:

 2007 Juried into Houston Quilt Festival

2007 Minnesota Quilters Show and Conference

     -2nd Place ~ Group Quilt

 2007Kitsap Quilters
      -Best of Show ~1st Place Group Appliqué 
  
 2006American Quilter's Society Paducah Show

      -2nd Place ~ Group Category

The story behind Sagacious Sisters

I have been quilting for nine years now. Working full time and raising four children did not leave me a lot of extra time. All my spare moments went into teaching myself to quilt from books. Two years ago, after seeing my quilts in Quilter�s Newsletter Magazine, Geri Parker called and asked me to come talk to her guild. It was a very scary moment. Not only didn�t I know any other quilter�s, I had never done any public speaking.

Since then she has become my quilt mother and one of my personal hero�s. Geri has made hundreds of charity quilts and has always said, �Oh Kathy, you know I don�t make your kind of quilt. Geri�s quilts are treasures full of love and cheer.  Geri is Charity.

Jennifer is a retired Oncology nurse, who started a group making quilts for the cancer unit at her local hospital. Now she designs web sites and has a long arm quilting business. Before a lecture for her guild, she approached me about developing a web site. Quilter�s make wonderful web site designers. They understand visual impact. Jennifer is Hope.  She has brought a lot of it to other�s in her life.

Now I had two quilting friends! What would the creative journey be like if I asked them to join me in making a quilt? Since part of this wonderful tradition has been to share, inspire and have fun with other quilters, I wanted to try it.

I am Faith.  I believe that the creative process has great healing qualities.  Despite moments of pulling your hair out, the quilt will show you the way if you persist with Faith. 

We have all had near meltdowns of panic over our contributions.  Our husbands know that a phone call from a team member means they may have to drop everything and be prepared to make their own lunch and dinner. Deadlines have been met along with the sunrise. (It�s amazing that you can still sew, when you can�t see straight). It is easier to find another 1/2 yard when you all live in different cities.

These little scraps of fabric and thread have woven us together in a sisterhood of friendship and caring. Sagacious in our dreams. Faith, Hope and Charity in our hearts

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