Please share how you heard about Bible Quilting and how it's impacting you.
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We all like a good story...often a few details is what begins those connections between us.
Here's an example of how the Bible Quilt has crossed state lines:
In October 2016, my sis-in-law and I spoke at a church in Kansas about our initial experiences re: Bible Quilting, how it had enriched our own devotional time as well as blessed others we had shared it with. My friend, Amanda, attended that women's gathering and loved this idea. We chatted about how it could be used as part of family devotionals and even incorporated into her homeschool program with her daughter.
Within a few months, Amanda and I had coordinated to send 75 Bible Quilt journals with her missions team to a children's home in Mexico. Yep, the Lord opened the door to send the #biblequiltjournal international before it went to a second state! (His plan is always so much more than what we think we can do, right?)
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
Amanda invited us back to Kansas do a workshop for her church family...and another one for her homeschool friends and larger community.
The Lord continued to work in Amanda's servant-heart as she asked me if she could share Bible Quilting at a family reunion in South Dakota. We figured out those logistics and I sent her a batch of BQ journal supplies in the summer of 2017.
One of the family members at that South Dakota reunion lives in New York. When she returned home, she contacted me about sharing Bible Quilting at her church. Over the course of a few months, we coordinated the details for her to have a Bible Quilt session for Mother's Day weekend in 2018 at her church in New York.
As I send out Bible Quilt®️ journals to strangers from coast to coast, I'm reminded often of the prayer of Jabez, "Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me..." I Chronicles 4:10. I pray each day for the Lord to guide me and then try to take the small step of obedience that day, trusting Him for the bigger picture only He can see.
Hi! I'm from Suwanee GA (outside of Atlanta) and I'm excited to start a Bible Quilt in 2023.
Didn’t recognize you.
I’m from Flintstone GA near Chattanooga TN
Hi Angie, So nice to have you! It’s so beautiful in your in the fall! I’m from Central Texas, near Fort Worth, where the weather changes almost every day.
Hi everyone, I'm from Prince George, Virginia. Heard about Bible Quilting through SoJo Academy. I'm so excited to be part of this community.
Hi Mel, I’m from central, south NJ. By The Barnegat Bay. It’s so cold here it is supposed to be. -15 windchill tonight. I am not working and love ending the day with the LORD
I’m in Texas, just outside Fort Worth.
I am in Montana. I learned about Bible Quilting when I attended an online conference put on by the Sojo Academy. That was 2-3 years ago (2019 I think), and I'm just now being able to put it into practice during my quiet time in the mornings. Thank you, Dianna for being willing to share your ideas with the rest of us. God bless.
I have always been involved with some kinds of creative work. Stitchery, sewing, quilting, knitting, etc... but as my abilities changed over the years the Lord has always been faithful to fill the void left behind. I am so grateful to have found Bible Quilting through Sojo Academy and a seminar they had several years ago. Of course i did not start at first because I can't draw, my handwriting is not good enough, I just couldn't do something that artistic, the excuses flowed. One day when overcome with the desire to simply create something with color, Dianna did a lesson with Sojo Academy and I was hooked. Now my best friend Diana B., is working on hers and for the first time we are excited to do the BQJ month to month together for 2022. Thank you Dianna Mills.
Hi, I am Adelien from Indonesia. I know BQ from Sojo Academy and Explore God's Words. It has been a long time that I can work on BQ as well. I have just print the monthly BQ I purchased this morning and I am excited to work on it! Thank you Diana for great workshops and guidance. 😀
Yay! I’m SO excited to welcome another Sojo sister aboard! As a Bible journaler, you’ll transition to BQ quickly. Can’t wait to see some of your first pages! Have you joined the FB group yet?
Hi Dianna! This is Angie McGuire from Richmond, Virginia and I found my way here from your creative workshop for Sojo Academy this month! I just watched it, and I'm hooked! I'm so excited to be here! I am a visual learner and already do Bible Journaling, so I am pumped that I have a new way to worship! Thank you!
I just received my Bible quilt journal & am looking forward to doing the 30 days of Trust. I live in Pennsylvania and found this from another website.
Welcome, Tammy! Explore away!!😊
Hi, I am Tammy from Alabama and I heard about Bible Quilting from an online conference held by Jen and Joy of Soho Academy. Haven't had time to explore until now.
Hello from Tucson, AZ, I just received my Biblequilt journal in the mail today, can't wait to begin
I was introduced to Bible Quilting by Dianna, herself, at a leaders' retreat for our Community Bible Study group in Tulsa, OK. Since that initial session, where I had the privilege to hear her speak on "chasing quiet" & how God is a "Unifier", I haven't had much opportunity to create many quilt squares, however, I've been following the FB group & website & "chiming in" with ideas, here & there, plus gathering verses that, God willing, I will one day add into my journal. I *did* get to embellish my book & add a square at a recent mother-daughter session that was held recently at her beautiful home. I'm blessed by the opportunity to know this sweet servant of God & to be able to contribute to this community, as I'm able. :)