I am sad to announce that we now have a sufficient number of squares to make a quilt, so we have come to the end of our project.
Our last square, Psalm 47, wonderfully celebrates the great victory of a great
King. “O clap your hands, all you people” (whatever your language) and “sing
your praises in a loud voice.” Lisa Staten has created this design, which suggests both a
Star of David, and also a crown. All that is royal and divine (the gold thread)
rises up into a heavenly space signifying the prophesy of the ascension of the
Messiah to His throne, and celebrating His reign over the whole earth. The
mountains representing the earth have morphed into a harp shape,
signifying that this is a psalm to be sung, the strings vibrating with the
voices as the sound rises into the heavens.
Lisa chose this psalm sung to a William Crotch chant, by the
Choir of St. John’s, Elora. Appropriately for our last square, this choir usually
forms the core group of the Elora Festival Singers, and the music was recorded
in St. John’s Church, a frequent concert venue.
We now have 81 finished squares that fit well together into
a 6’ x 6’ square, and we have begun assembly of the final quilt. There are five
extra squares that will be put together into a second piece, to use as a
separate fund-raiser. As soon as the quilts are finished, we will post them to
this blog.
In the meantime, thank you all for your support of this
project. Today I got one of those e-mails full of truisms and the first one said:
“Music is what feelings sound like.” Well, we’ve just completed 86 examples of
what it looks like as well as "sounds like"! Have a very happy Christmas season, and see you next year
at our 35th summer choral music festival in Elora, Ontario.
Happy Listening!
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