@jenniferhunter I was inspired by your using art to get through a crisis experience. I was so sick that I couldn’t physically or mentally do any quilting. When I got a little better and tried to use my sewing machine, I just couldn’t. A friend had to come and review the machine with me. But, the whole time, I read my quilting magazines and followed the textile groups on Facebook. I never lost my urge to create. It all started when I became an oncology nurse. Several of us were quilters—we responded to the hard experiences and death with the need to create and heal ourselves. Now I want to create to get though the disease experience of the past 18 months and the rest of my life with the autoimmune disease. I’ve been thinking of some kind of modern quilt that expresses what I’ve been through. I think you really showed me the possibilities and that I could do something for my art and myself. It may take me awhile to regain my expertise but I can have fun while I’m at it. Thank you for the inspiration! I included a photo I did with thread painting for my parents anniversary