FRIENDSHIP AT MONTERRICO

Monterrico - Lima, Peru (7 of 7) 
Feb. 12, 2013 

Friendship, 

support,

community,

and affirmation after...

listening to each other’s stories.

LIMA, PERU Sharing Stories in Monterrico

Monterrico.  Lima, Peru  (6 of 7)

Feb. 12, 2013

Our second night with the women of Monterrico. 

Sitting in a circle, it was time to tell their stories.

Ruth translated for me.  

They listened so intently to their friends.  

Sharing joy mixed with tears.

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LIMA, PERU An Artist walks in with a Collage!

Monterrico.  Lima, Peru  (5 of 7)

Feb. 12, 2013

It was the second night of our class in Monterrico. Tonight they would share their story ropes, created the night before.  

One of the women walked in with a long narrow piece of plywood with her collaged story. An artist in the group!  YES!!! She told me she could not wait to get home the night before to begin working on this collage! 

I wish I could the story except to say the  meandering purple represents her life before Christ. I believe she used purple in place of black for a troubled past. At the cross, the purple stops when Christ enters her life.

She also made a story rope with more than one strip. There were two stories going down the side-by-side strips.

LIMA, PERU Tying Ribbons

Monterrico.  Lima, Peru  (4 of 7)

Feb. 12, 2013

The women thoughtfully worked out their time lines, tying ribbons on long strips of fabric.  Buttons were also sewn on to represent events and passages of life. 

Photos: creating around the room.

LIMA, PERU Around the Materials Table

Monterrico.  Lima, Peru  (3 of 7)

Feb. 12, 2013

After sharing my story rope and quilts with the Monterrico women in Lima, I moved over to the materials table, to explain the simple process of making a story rope:

Choose a long a strip, then pick ribbons and buttons that have a color or pattern that relate to events in your story rope or time line.  

It is always amazing how the participants 'get it' immediately and rush up to make their button and ribbon choices. 

I believe as they listen to my story they are processing their own story.

To be continued..... 

Don't miss my other other blog, the Creative Process-also sharing experiences in Peru and Ecuador. 

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PERU Teaching With Quilts

LIMA, PERU Story Ropes and Quilts

Monterrico.  Lima, Peru  (2 of 7)

Feb. 12, 2013 

I began teaching the story rope in Rwanda (click on link) with survivors of the 1994 genocide. The story rope teaching came after the sharing of 4 quilts, which I designed specifically for the that trip. 

Likewise in Peru, I brought several 'story-telling' art quilts - 2 were new, designed to use in Peru, Brazil and Cameroon. 

To begin the 1st evening of teaching with the women from Iglesia Monterrico,  I combined sharing my story rope with 2 quilts, Pathway to Healing (used in Rwanda) and God's Story Rope.

Photos:

top
Marge sharing her story rope as Ruth translates.

middle
Our group of women from Iglesia Monterrico met in a private home. I started out the two nights of teaching with my story rope and tied in the teaching of the two quilts.

bottom
We had first rate translators on this trip, who understood the heart and passion of what we wanted to communicate.  Ruth was our first wonderful translator.

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making the story ropes in Monterrico

LIMA, PERU Setting Up

Monterrico.  Lima, Peru  (1of 7)
Feb. 12, 2013 

Our first presentation of the story rope workshop in Peru, was to the women in the Monterrico Allianza Church in Lima. 


Our meeting was held in the patio room of a private home.  


As part of the workshop I was going to show 2 new quilts I had designed for the class. 
Nelson built the stand before I left the US.

Photos: setting up for the class.

 • Table with story rope materials; Sara; my reflection in mirror. 

• Close up of all the fabulous donated ribbons & buttons. 

• Me setting up quilt stand.