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Wordless Wednesday- Amazing Birthday Gift

Wordless Wednesday- Blast form the Past

Photo by Carol Esch and used as her Christmas card to me this year

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday- If I Only Knew

Wordless Wednesday- With Update

Okay, I know it is suppose to be wordless, but I was so hoping someone could tell me the story behind this church. It is the former "Lutherische Kirche" (written on the building) which in German means "Lutheran Church." It is on the corner of W. 19th St and S. Peoria in Chicago (Pilsen neighborhood). 

Sandy Snowden has spurred me on to do further research.  I have learned that Peoria used to be Johnson. Records for the church are available at the Newberry until the early 1940s so Sandy's thought that it might have burned during the Great Chicago Fire (it was on the edge) did not pan out.

It was part of the Missouri Synod so I've emailed them to see if they know. I sure hope so because I want to know what happened.

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

I guess today won't be wordless since I received two emails (thank you Carolyn and Sue) asking questions and encouraging me to share the story. This is Alicia and she was one of my students when I taught at the National Museum of Mexican Art. Whenever Alicia was stuck on what to do next, she would go to the fabric bins and "Listen to the fabric because I know some of the will speak to me and give me direction." She was always so engrossed in what she was doing and so full of joy when she had found the fabrics that spoke to her. For me, it was always a joy to watch her in this process. I'm not sure people who do not work with fabric would understand this. What fabrics have spoken to you?

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday