just mercy

I have a new finish - Tony Ray.

A new finish!!!

The purpose was to utilize 4-patch blocks and make a Mercyful Quilt.
The inspiration is Anthony Ray Hinton.

Fabric Pull

Star Legs

The framework

One by One

Building up

Anthony Ray Hinton spent almost 30 years of his life on death row for a crime that he did not commit. After his release, he was asked in an interview - "I don't sense any bitterness. Why is that?" Anthony Ray Hinton replied, "Bitterness kills the soul. They took away my thirties, my forties and my fifties but they cannot take ...

added by Preeti 4 years, 4 months ago. under anthony ray hinton , bed quilt , bryan stevenson , eji , equal justice initiative , just mercy , mercyful quilts , racial justice , rsc2020 , star quilt , systemic racism , tony ray , unisex quilt , walking foot

Ever since Angela announced the RSC color for June, I started noticing pink everywhere.

Hot Pink Blooms

Kid Bike on a front yard

Even the Garbage was Pink

A lone blossom

It was as if these blooms and bicycle were not there before. They were gentle reminders to me - work on your RSC blocks, Preeti. But it was difficult to look at fabric with swollen and teary eyes.

Me: I cannot stop thinking about those 9 minutes.
Paul: Babe!!!
Me: It wasn't just an impulsive decision. It wasn't the pulling of a trigger that happens in a fraction ...

added by Preeti 4 years, 6 months ago. under ahmaud arbery , breonna taylor , bryan stevenson , dr. robin diangelo , equal justice initiative , george floyd , just mercy , picket star quilt block , police brutality , racism , rainbow scrap challenge , white fragility

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