PearlDale
Anne Marie Serrano
Kansas, USA
Hi, I'm Anne Marie
Serrano and this is Cooper, our Rescued Airedale and Bean Sidhe
in our garden in Benton, Kansas . I am a part-time adjunct lecturer
at a local college. I love reading, gardening, and now after
starting this wall hanging - quilting
Bean Sidhe (pronounced
Banshee) just turned 10 on St. Patrick's Day and we have had her
since she was a puppy. We think Cooper is 11 years. He was adopted
shortly after our other female Airedale and BS's best friend, Terra,
died suddenly. A few years later, Galen our 16 year old male also
died.
My significant human,
husband Fergus Thornton, had an opportunity to work in Australia for
a year so all four of us packed up and moved to Canberra, ACT,
Australia in the spring of 2008. It was there that I met Sue
Forrester and Jenny Patience and during one of my last visits with
them the seed of Wall Hanging was planted.
Each block highlights
iconic images of the Australian landscape. I created "Diva-dale"
singing near the Sydney Opera House. She is serenading us with her
middle of the night howl. A playful dolphin takes a peep to see
what all the commotion is about.
I also made, "Aires
Rock". Momma looks on while the Uluru kangaroo nanny takes over. We
all know what great mothers Airedales can be but everymom needs a
break once in a while. A kindly kookaburra looks on and in the
background is Uluru - Ayers Rock.
In the western part of
the country is "Pearl-dale". The area is famous for its pearls and
wild flowers so our mischievous Pearl-dale, in classic terrier
fashion, is pronking through the flowers with her newly acquired
adornments.
I stitched all of our
blocks together to create "Airedales Downunder". This wall hanging
has been so much fun to work on. It has helped to cushion the blow
of returning to the USA and missing my new Aussie friends, it kept
me busy and in contact with Jenny and Sue. This is for all the
Airedale friends, the furries and the pinkies. It was a labor of
love.
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