Regional Center for Women in the Arts, West Chester, PA


	The Fabric of Peace is an on-going project begun in 2008. Women artists from around the world are creating fabric swatches which will be assembled to create a quilt. The quilt will be displayed in the United States and abroad.The Fabric of Peace is a positive statement by women, connecting our shared interest in keeping peace in the world.	For more information about RCWA go to www.rcwaweb.org Watch a video of the artists
Artists at Temenos Retreat in West Chester, PA beginning to assemble the quilt.		Anonymous (contact us if you know this artist)
	Volunteer artists and quilters from all around the Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, help piece together the Fabric of Peace. Contact valetta.rcwa@comcast.net for information about the project and prospectus for artists.
Eye on The Prize	Artists use strong women images in their fabric swatch designs. Embroidered swatch, Eyes on Peace
Watercolor swatch from Australia	Basting down fabric swatches	Applique swatch
	"Whenever you participate in a group project, you realize that as part of a larger community, you can accomplish much more than you can alone." Mary Zadronzny USA	RCWA Fabric Swatch
"Let the Fabric of Peace blanket the world."	Lesley Haas USA
"Art makes our dreams visible...The RCWA quilt will be a tangible expression of what a wonderful, beautiful world it could be......" Sandra Benhaim USA
	Peace Quilt in Progress
"La pace e 'il sogno di tutti i popoli, ma e 'un sogno che soltanto qualche volta si puo' realizzare." ("Peace is the dream of the people, but only sometimes possible to achieve.") Igina Biriaco Italy
Members of Petticoat Painters, Sarasota Florida, create fabric swatches.		Formed in 1953, Petticoat Painters is the oldest continuously exhibiting women arts group in the United States. www.petticoatpainters.com
	"Peace is what all religions teach. Let us practice what they preach."
		Progress: Stamping and Basting at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, DE
	Reading Eagle: Bill Uhrich - The Rev. Paul E. Clark, Albright College Chaplain, and Nancy Sarangoulis, preparator and collections manager for Albright's Freedman Art Gallery, with the "Fabric of Peace" quilt which was the centerpiece of an ecumenical service for the International Day of Peace September 21, 2011.	The Merner-Pfeiffer-Klein Memorial Chapel on the Albright campus.
Artists at the Presbyterian Church Dedication Ceremony in Wilmington, Delaware, November 29, 2011

A special ceremony at the church was led by Pastor Anne Ledbetter. A supper, artists' talk, Fabric of Peace video presentation by Arden Media, and a Prayer Circle completed the ceremony. NEW OPPORTUNITY The Reformation Lutheran Church in Media, PA is displaying the Fabric of Peace quilt, March through May, 2012 The Fabric of Peace II, The Interfaith Connection begins NOW When completed the new quilt will be displayed first at local churches, synagogues and mosques and then at sites around the United States and abroad. For information about this project and to learn how to participate, contact Christel Badey at hydroslim@verizon.net

	Left Christel Badey, who is organizing this project, and Valetta, the director of RCWA, begin arranging swatches for The Fabric of Peace II, the Interfaith Connection, at The Reformation Lutheran Church in Media, PA. Included are swatches from all over the United States and from Turkey, Italy, Germany, Jamaica, and China. Right Group of artists and guests at the Peace Ceremony at the Reformation Lutheran Church. Mary Hutchins, front and center, will lead The Fabric of Peace III - Peace in the Community in Philadelphia.

	Quilts displayed at Luther College in Iowa in connection with their Gender Studies program Fall 2016 < Senator Andy Dinnamin, Valetta, and State Representative, Carolyn Comitta at the Rotunda, Harrisburg State Capitol building. Christel Badey tells the history of the Peace Quilts
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