Phyllis & Joyce's Quilt ...

Along with being a Reiki Master my other passion is being a long-time quilter.  In the Reiki world Phyllis Lei Furumoto, was Grand Master and Lineage Bearer until she died in 2019.  Phyllis over saw the Reiki Alliance, an international organization of Reiki Masters of which I am a member.   In 2018 at the TRA conference, I had the pleasure and honour of meeting Phyllis.  She was truly was an exceptional woman who travelled the world teaching Reiki.

In 2019 I went to England on a Spiritual tour finishing at the TRA Conference.  At the conference I watched Joyce, Phyllis’ long-time partner, pass out the many scarves Phyllis had collected over the years.  I asked Joyce if she had any more scarves and she said “No but I have T-shirts.”  We quickly agreed that I would make a quilt from the t-shirts.   Joyce lives in Arizona and sending t-shirts to Canada was going to be expensive.  So, she shipped them to my sister in South Carolina where I was attending a wedding.  My husband and I bought 2 suitcases, stuffed them full and checked our own luggage, being ever so careful not to lose the much-loved t-shirts.

Once home I started playing with the t-shirts, picking out ones that spoke to me, feeling their energy, loving the designs of the logos and artwork, cutting them out and appliqueing them onto black fabric.  It has become a quilt filled with love and beautiful energy. 

I entered Joyce’s quilt was in the Pine Tree Quilt Show at the beginning of June in Bracebridge. When the show was finished I couriered the quilt to Kaslo, B.C. where Joyce and Johannes were speaking. The quilt is now in Joyce’s hands for her to love and enjoy. The final home will be with Joyce in Hawaii.