For a long time, I have been feeling that I would like to combine two parts of my life -- my quilting and my belief in and dedication to peaceful coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis.
Out of that feeling came this quilt -- which combines Palestinian embroidery and my own creative elements. I used stacked bricks because I thought they go nicely with the embroidery and also because of the appropriate symbolism -- the building blocks of a future together. This is a decorative quilt, meant to be a bed spread or to decorate a guest room.
This quilt represents an enormous investment of time and energy in both the creative work of embroidering and quilting.
The coexistence quilt looks beautiful, and the idea behind it is wonderful. We hope others feel the same way--we need more ways to promote coexistence.
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