QUILTING BEES BUZZ
Of all the good stories my grandmother told, I like the one best about quilters of old.
When stitching a quilt for a social or bride, their joys, their hopes, and their fears they'd confide.
They talked much like we do when we get together: new recipes, patterns, the flu and the weather.
The needles moved fast with a deadline to race. Their chatter went faster to keep up the pace.
A man who came in said, "Hear that? Sakes alive! Those quilting folks sound just like bees in a hive."
From that time to this, Quilting Bee is the name for groups when they gather around a quilt frame.
My grandmother's story makes good sense to me, for quilting bees buzz as sure as can be.
...Found in a book on Quilting Poems, by Bee Neeley Kuckelman.