Church Bulletin Cross Mom and I used the same old church bulletin as the starting point for our quilts. Old leather Bible covers and manuscript marginalia inspired the Trinity Rings border. View fullsize The black got stitched to the blue background first, then the unadorned cross was created and stitched to the black, now the jeweled adornments are getting machine appliquéd - I maybe should have done this in a different sequence... View fullsize Getting ready to stitch some of the Trinity Rings to their purple backgrounds - I think there's 22 Trinity Ring sets and 8 of them got silk highlights behind the rings View fullsize Planning the Trinity Ring border View fullsize Machine appliquéing the Trinity Ring border - I love my magnifier for machine applique! View fullsize Corners for the Trinity Ring border - maybe they could make an interesting block or quilt all by themselves View fullsize Windex isn't sure this is all going to work out as planned - I love that black polished cotton, it looks a little like leather View fullsize Planning and adapting the church bulletin cross with Mom on the hotel wall at a Blythe CA family quilting retreat - obviously in December =) View fullsize I went to Lutheran schools through my bachelor's degree - at one time I was in the pre-seminary program