Norina Morris: Prayers for Faith and Peace

I love waking up in the morning and finding an email in my inbox with the first flags of a new participant.  These are Norina Moriris' first two prayer flags.  Aren't they beautiful?

1. FAITH  

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.  (Mother Teresa)

2. PEACE

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels. We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. (Anton Chekov)

Changing it UP!

We all get stuck in ruts. And I feel my earlier prayer flags have not truly reflected my personality. So here go turning over my leaf. This little series symbolizes new horizons, new possibilities, and changing it up!

New Day

Today begins a new year for me. We all have new ideas, new horizons, new challenges waiting for us. This quilt symbolizes a sprout, a new green, fresh thing popping up out of the earth! 


It is made with muslin, linen, commercial batik, pearl cotton and fabric ink pens.

Enjoy your day.

Faith

Faith in self. Faith in others. Faith in a higher power. That is what this Prayer Flag symbolizes.

This flag is made of antique linen with hand-stitched lettering and printed paper.

Owinja

It is said "Owinja" means quilt in the Native American Lakota dialect. 


The Lakota are known for their handmade quilts, particularly star quilts. The star in the upper right hand corner of this piece is from their website logo. Please see their amazing work at  http://lakotaquilts.com/thequilters.html 


Paraphrasing the quotation, I might say, a person who does not receive quilts or handmade art is an orphan and unloved. 


This prayer quilt is made from linen, fabric ink and paper. 

A Heart Not Broken

Today I finished 2 prayer flags. I was inspired by a handful of friends who have been married and divorced and remarried. They did not give up on love! They remained open to the possibility of new relationships in their lives even when there were times they wanted to give up. 

"Love" is made with antique lace, pearl cotton, batik cotton fabric, fusible web on a linen background.

"Patched but Unbroken" is made with commercial cotton fabrics, paint, fusible web and thread on a linen background.

Robin Manly: Create!

Create
Robin Manly

My flag says "create," which means "making" in the literal sense (as in art) and in the more global sense (as in hope). The orange-and-turquoise combo is my favorite - I like the way the opposites in the color wheel shimmer against each other. The spiral in the center is an early symbol of the sun, which is both light and life-giving. It might also be the first spiral I've ever made in cloth. Hmm - maybe this is a symbol itself?

Everything on the flag was free-handed - the finished dimensions are about 5 X 8 inches with a hanging sleeve on the back. The fabric is cotton, mostly stitched with pearle cotton #8. The beading at the bottom adds a little weight as well as sparkle in the sunlight. The backing is plain muslin to add some substance while the flag is hanging and make it a bit less transparent.

I know a lot of you are artists. I hope you join in this project not only to show your talent, but also to show something about who you are and what you stand for. C'mon! Spread your spirit on the wind! I haven't decided where I'm going to hang my Prayer Flag just yet, but I'm thinking it may go into my office to remind me why I'm there. Maybe I can convince some of my work mates to join in, too!

Visit Robin's blog from more information about her beautiful flag at http://somenotesfromafar.blogspot.com/2011/11/create-prayer-flag-project.html

Flag for determination and creativity

Jane LaFazio here. This is prayer flag 17 for me. Orange: for determination and creativity.

I'm still using mono- prints that I've made, as the base fabric of the flags.

You can see all my prayer flags here. I'm working my way towards the goal of 30 flags.

Sanctuary.

front

These flags are for the hope that everyone who needs it can find Sanctuary, be it spiritual, emotional or physical. 

back

For some reason I feel compelled to make them visual from the back as well as the front.

front



I also seem to have to make them in groups of three.

back

They have been constructed on hand painted fabric and added to with bits of a quilt that I cut up (follow the link to see that I really did cut it up) because I wasn't very happy with it.

Prayers for Another Year...

Yesterday I made a string of flags... ok, it is really just a garland for my kitchen, but they look like prayer flags... in honor of my birthday.

I pray for another year of health and happiness, not only for me, but for my family.  

Another year of sunshine and shadows.  

Another year of mischief and mayhem.  

Another year together.

Because in the end, isn't that what we all pray for?

Prayer for Hope

My prayer today is for Hope.

Hope of Acceptance, Hope of Recovery, and Hope of Cure.

This flag is made of old linen, lace, embroidery floss, rick rack and beads.

Mary Lachman - Prayer for Peace

I was lucky enough to meet Vivika DeNegre on the Madison Green a few weeks ago. She inspired me to join the Prayer Flag Project.

This flag was made using recycled linen scraps embellished with fused cotton batiks for the dove, embroiderd words, and repurposed lace and buttons.

This is my first flag. It was completed today and hung outdoors between the raindrops to send my wishes out on the wind. My Prayer for Peace is not only for the world, but for friends and family, near and far.

A Prayer Flag for Protection.

Hello.

My name is Deborah O'Hare and this is my first post on The Prayer Flag Project. With that in mind I hope you will indulge me in a bit of selfishness with my first flags.

I have made these for myself and my family, for Protection, after having experienced not one, but two house fires within eight months this year.  



Buddist umbrella of protection



The first was a shed fire, but the whole back of the house was badly damaged from the heat of the flames.



The back



The second was a kitchen fire back in August, and as I write this I am still without a kitchen, eagerly awaiting the fitters to come along and put in a new one.

Woven Strips

I don't tell you this to promote sympathy. No-one was hurt and I count my blessings.

But I would be lying if I tried to deny how unsettling the whole experience has been.

Protective Celtic Knot

"Amddiffynion"-Welsh for Protection

So these are my flags, and my attempt to protect us from anything else the Universe might be planning to throw at us!

You will find me living in the UK on the South Wales coast, with my husband, two teenagers and a dog named Rosie!

I blog at thebluehare and Quilt Routes and I would love it if you came for a visit.

I am thrilled to have been asked to contribute to this great project.

See you again soon!

For Somalia

Flag #16: For Somalia

Jane LaFazio here. I was inspired by Andrea Hawkes flag for Somalia.

Prayer Flags: Crafty Women Group Project

This Group Project comes from Gerre Davis.  She writes:

There are seven of us Crafty Women that meet monthly for inspiration, conversation, and good food - oh, and to make a project together.  Everyone takes a turn at pulling together a theme and it is definitely soul enriching to do this together.  The projects differ as we all have different interests, and as a result we really enjoy getting out of our comfort zones and experimenting with new ideas as we learn new things.

One of my projects was The Prayer Flag Project.  In this case we worked individually and came together to share our experience and what the project meant to us.

Linda Lubovich honored family members that she had lost.


I (Gerre Davis) focused on what I want the universe to bring everyone.

Corky Gutierrez created flags for lost family members that she keeps close to her heart.

Judith Turner is reminding us all to just "let go".

The flags were all photographed in Judy's beautiful healing and restorative garden.

We offer these flags so that our prayers may fly out not only with the wind, but also across the great inner space of the internet!

In Gratitude

For the past 18 years I have taught an adaptive yoga class for the local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to a wonderful enthusiastic group.  This summer, when the NMSS could no longer fund the class, its future was uncertain.  Happily the management at the facility, where we have held classes for a number of years, generously decided to donate the space to us, allowing students to continue to benefit from yoga.  Thank you Angel City Body Kinetics! 

These flags, inspired by the flag for my neighbor, are in celebration of the sun shining brightly on our class again.

Earlier post:  "Gift of Sunshine" 

This was the original flag I created and gave to a friend and neighbor who is very ill... to send a little sunshine his way.  I love using sun images, personally finding them healing and energizing to work with.  What better way to share something?  Saying beyond words,  "I am thinking of you."  
Many years ago, when moving across the street to a new apartment, Mike kindly gave me a staghorn fern that he couldn't house in the new place.  Over the years it has done really well in my yard, in fact, doubled in size growing through the lattice to the backside.  The wonder of nature!  He would appreciate that.