{"product_id":"the-quilting-path-a-guide-to-spiritual-discover-through-fabric-thread-and-kabbalah-9781594732065","title":"The Quilting Path: A Guide to Spiritual Discover Through Fabric, Thread and Kabbalah","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuilting is the miracle of giving new life and purpose to fabric scraps. It can rejuvenate your spiritual life too. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe affirm that life is here and now in our quilting and its ability to enable our journey. It is the vehicle for our continuing movement along our lifetime of efforts. Our quilts allow both the goal and the process in one magnificent creation after another. Our quilting generates the perfect combination of faith with action, hope with realism, and the universal with the particular, so that we are blissful and grateful in our co-creation experiences.\u003cbr\u003e--from the Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat can you learn about yourself through quilt making? What deeper symbolism can you find in the act of cutting and piecing? How can this simple activity help you make your way down a spiritual path?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelve into these questions and more in this imaginative book that will become your spiritual friend, your teacher and your sanctuary. Contemporary quilter Louise Silk takes you through her own quilting journey to discover how the process of making a quilt can be used to explore and strengthen your own spirituality. Each chapter introduces a universal human attribute organized according to the mystical tradition of Kabbalah, relates it to a personal life practice and then applies the attribute and the practice to an original quilt project.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone from the novice to the needlework expert--and from any faith tradition--will be nourished and gratified by the patchwork and appliqu  experiences offered in this creative, engaging book. These ten projects, carefully designed for you, include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne-Patch Utility Quilt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLog Cabin Quilt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eString Pieced Pillows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStraight Furrows Baby Blanket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuilting Carry-all Bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePatchwork Prayer Shawl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolk Art Appliqu  Quilt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemembrance Crazy Quilt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eT-shirt Quilt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRail Fence Signature Tablecloth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlus dozens of variations ...\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilk, Louise:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLouise Silk\u003c\/strong\u003e has been quilting professionally for over thirty years. In addition to commissions and exhibitions, she teaches quilting classes and workshops and is an artist member of Studio Art Quilt Associates and a life member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. One of her five solo quilt exhibits, called I Was There, Now I Am Here, traveled to four venues around the United States. Her website, www.silkquilt.com, contains a color gallery of this book's projects and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLouise Silk\u003c\/strong\u003e is available to speak on the following topics: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Quilting Path: A Guide to Spiritual Discovery through Fabric, Thread and Kabbalah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePieces of Memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTransformation: Reuse of Materials for Meaning and Memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Was There: Now I'm Here: Self Discovery through Quilting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sound of a Needle: The Quilt Maker's Voice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Skylight Paths Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900472234258,"sku":"9781594732065","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ba1c80d2-78cd-46a1-bbfc-49a9e91e1994.jpg?v=1738383505","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-quilting-path-a-guide-to-spiritual-discover-through-fabric-thread-and-kabbalah-9781594732065","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}