Susanne M. Jones
Some memories evoke such strong emotions that they just beg to be commemorated in cloth. These hang in my home reminding me of special times and experiences.
18″ x 26″ Sierra Leone was devastated this century by the Blood Diamond war, which prompted my church, Floris United Methodist, to establish the Child Rescue Center there. In response to the need for medical care, we built a hospital. Missioners from 14 partner churches have gone to work with the children at the CRC […]
26″ x 31″ The first play I took my grandson, Xavier to see was the musical, Peter Pan. He loved it! I made this with him in mind.
27″ x 23″ For 8 years, we tried to conceive. It was the focus of our lives. Month after month, I stared at blue lines on pregnancy tests. We became parents through adoption, which brought us much happiness. But I never got over the sadness that infertility brought with it. When I went through a […]
Sacred Threads Committee Quilt 2013
Quilt Alliance Challenge Quilt, 2013, Juror’s Choice from Marianne Fons
Sacred Threads Committee Quilt, 2015
My grandparents’ front porch, Magnolia Springs, Alabama, featured in the Southern Accents SAQA regional show, 2015
Created at the Villa Barberino in Meleto, Italy while on Esterita Austin’s Quilting Under the Tuscan Sun retreat in 2023
Quilt Alliance Challenge Quilt, inspired by the lyrics of My Favorite Things, 2016
18″ x 27.5″ In 2014, I was supposed to go to Sierra Leone to work for two weeks at the Child Rescue Center as a missioner from Floris UMC, the church in which you are standing. Ebola began devastating West Africa, so I didn’t go. This quilt honors those who did. Patty and Allen […]
26″ x 38″ Travel by boat down Magnolia River in Magnolia Springs, Alabama, and you will pass million-dollar mansions and small fishing cottages. My grandparents lived in an old house along the river, and their mail was delivered on the dock of their boathouse. Their house is gone now, along with the boathouse. On a […]
