This is a quote from my LQS weekly letter and I think it captures well why sewing is so important in most of our lives. Somehow we've found something better than shopping to connect with ourselves and the beauty that God put there.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, the American author who wrote The Scarlet Letter and many other stories of note in the mid 1800′s once said, “…it is a token of healthy and gentle characteristics, when women of high thoughts and accomplishments love to sew; especially as they are never more at home with their own hearts than while so occupied.” He’s right. I am never more “at home with my own heart” as when I’m working on a project. Doesn’t it feel good to be able to be creative, to think quiet thoughts, and to be producing a thing of beauty when you’re sewing?