prayer flag for Health

Ileen here, I was inspired by Jamie Fingal and her quilt prayer flags. so I dug around in my hoard of fabrics and found this piece of 1" blocks I had done years ago. I added the sunflower and embroidered the word "health".  Sending prayers for many health issues these days.

Flag for a Friend!

I have a friend who is having shoulder surgery this week, and wanted to give her a prayer flag.  The flower pedals are things that she will need for her journey.  Love, comfort, strength, focus, courage and the goal of being able to reach with her healed arm.  Good luck my friend, and sending you prayers and positive thoughts.

Kim Tedrow

Anna needs a good car

Kim Tedrow made these two flags recently.

Grace

Linda Bannan

Linda Bannan joins us with her first 5 flags.

Leave your fingerprint on the world

Hike the beauty

Honor nature

Bloom big!

If you're not where you want to be, go there. Geography is destiny.

for Hershey, the chocolate lab

Linda Kunsman writes "I knew I wanted to start making some flags eventually but what I didn't know was that the first flag I'd make would also be in loving memory of the loss of a pet. My friend Trina adopted Hershey, a gorgeous chocolate field spaniel, from a couple who weren't able to care for her due to their busy schedules.

Unfortunately Hershey's health began rapidly declining a few months ago, and anyone who has had to experience making the decision to end the pain and suffering can understand what a heart-wrenching decision it can be. Towards the end, Hershey spent time at the beach with Trina- a place they both love. I was able to spend one of the weekends along with them and Hershey truly looked and felt better tho we knew deep down she was still suffering. Trina made her peace with her decision and with her beloved dog and ended her suffering. Here was my gift in memory of Hershey:

the back 

"Through love, through friendship, a heart lives more than one life."

                                                                     Anais Nin

flag for Andy

Juliet Ayer created this Prayer Flag is for her friend Andy who is having treatment for prostate cancer. Juliet writes "He's in hospital at the moment fighting an infection as the chemotherapy he had for non-Hodgkins lymphoma has weakened his immune system. Sending him strong healing wishes to Andy and to anyone else in need at this time. "

flags in the breeze

Jane LaFazio here. I made a tiny video of my flags, hanging on my patio.

prayer flag for love

Hello Prayer Flag project followers, Ileen here, I have been slow in getting more prayer flags completed and posted to this website, but do want to add my latest. It is made out of woven pieces of fabrics making a heart shape, stitched and made while my mother was going through some health challenges in March. It was a stressful and fearful time, but we felt the love of so many people.

I always am so inspired by the posts here--am really looking forward to getting some time to make more flags.

Flags of Aspiration

Bhavana Project 3 - 2012, with Cheryl Razmus (who completed flag #10)

 I would like to share some prayer flags from  The Bhavana Project , an ongoing community work that I created in 2005 inspired by the Tibetan flag tradition.  The first set of 12 flags completed in 2006, the second in 2008, and the third set is in process (almost finished).  These flags have traveled all over the country, and internationally during their process.  Take a look at more from the Bhavana Project here.

Bhavana Project 2 - 2008

Bhavana Project 1 - 2006  at Zabriskie Point, CA

Always open to new participants!

-  Linda Miller

Acceptance

Hi, Deborah O'Hare here. It seems to be a while since I last posted a flag and I guess that is simply down to life getting in the way of things. This is so often the way don't you find? Thankfully, for me, nothing major, just a reassessment of plans.

This flag was made yesterday afternoon and it took me less than an hour. I already had this scrap of fabric and the design  is one that I have explored before here and here. Sometimes you just need to get on and do something; maybe accept a situation, and move on.

I hope you are able to find acceptance, from yourself and others, if you need it.

Peace...

Linda Miller's flag answering the question, is peace possible?  Yes, peace is possible.  Stop, breathe, listen, and you will find it within yourself.

A flag a day for a year

A huge welcome to Liz Pearce of New Zealand. She writes "In March this year, I read an article about The Prayer Flag Project. Its simplicity; its compassion; its power to heal, all appealed to me. I decided to commit to making one prayer flag a day for a year. Here is a record of my humble efforts. Often they reflect events in my own life. I hope they bring blessings to yours."


Click here to see her 52 flags so far, and click here to see her blog about each flag.
We are inspired by you, Liz!! thanks so much for joining us.
Here are just a few of her flags:

Florish

Interrelated

Fly

Reach

Heal

Cindy Cooksey joins us in making prayer flags. She writes "I've been making prayer flags for my sister-in-law's birthday, as per her request. This is the first one, entitled "heal." The hands will make sense to her because she is a sports massage therapist."

faith and hope

Nikki Milner joins us. She's created this flag for a very dear family who is battling cancer.

Butterfly flags

Sue Bleiweiss joins us with these butterfly flags. She writes "Over the last year I’ve watched several friends deal with more than their fair share of grief and health issues and so today I decided to honor their grace,strength and courage through all they’ve been through by making these prayer flags."

May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun

And find your shoulder to light on,

To bring you luck,happiness and riches

Today,tomorrow and beyond.

~Irish Blessing

Peace

 

Marilyn Hayes created this flag for PEACE for Leanne, created from silks given to her by Leanne.
 

Peace and Love

Love is all around us, which is a great reminder, in life. This is from a vintage piece that was hand sewn by the quilter - "Kansas Dugout" is the block.  I added the embroidery and buttons. 

and Peace.  God's sweet peace when every day is done.  I really enjoyed the hand embroidery.  It was so relaxing and a good part of my healing process in grief.

The two prayer flags look great together - Love and Peace.  Wishing you some today!

Series in Progress

Although I'd been watching The Prayer Flag Project for some time and found the flags inspirational, it was not until January of this year that I actually began to make some flags.  The idea was to make one, maybe two flags a month.  Somehow, the whole thing got out of hand.  I think I've made 20 now.

The latest series of flags are based on the yamas (ethical practices set forth by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras).

Ahimsa - nonviolence, in word, thought, or deed- uses eco dyed fabrics.

Satya - truthfulness with oneself and with others (with the exception that using truth to hurt is not acceptable and fails to follow the first principle of Ahimsa).

Asteya - non-stealing; don't take what is not offered freely, whether time, attention, or ideas.  Don't claim someone else's ideas as your own; give credit.

I have two more yamas to go.  The yamas cover the precepts of social/community discipline, and when I finish them, I'll decide whether or not I want to go on with the niyamas which cover individual discipline.

Each prayer flag that I've made has been a meditation, and I'm especially enjoying making flags for the five yamas.

I'm grateful for this project, for the inspiration the flags of others have offered, and for the time and contemplation involved with each flag.

Flags in progress

i hadn't wanted to post my latest prayer flags so that others from around the world could also post a few of theirs in between.  but jane (one of the coordinators of this wonderful project) contacted me today to ask me to upload a few pictures of some of my other flags.  most are finished but a few are still in progress since i often switch mediums to break the routine a bit.

as you can see, i love the sacred heart motif and use it quite a bit in my fabric work.  both of these are still in the making: just need to mount the second one on a background fabric and add some wording.  the previous is still waiting for some black stitching for the detente of which i am out of at the moment.

hope you enjoy them and get some inspiration to make your own.

here is a more whismical prayer flag i created recently.  what was i thinking?  or was it that extra glass of wine at bedtime?

constanza berger from chile

http://www.poramoralarte-folklorista.blogspot.com/

Speak Your Truth

Rebecca Ivcic join us, and writes "For several years now I have had this mantra "Speak Your Truth"  I'm not even sure I know what it means; i think the meaning to me changes over time."