I LOVE THE POEM AND THE QUILT. YOU DID A TERRIFIC JOB WITH THE ORPHANS. MAYBE MORE OF US SHOULD TRY AND DO THE SAME. CAN I COPY YOUR POEM AND SEND IT TO MY OTHER QUILT FRIENDS? I KNOW THEY WILL LIKE IT TOO.
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Originally Posted by SandyinZ4
Hi quilting friends,
Somewhere on one of these topics someone was asking if it was better to make perfect quilts or just make them for practicality. It just so happens, I was looking through my stash one day and here is what came from that. I am not a perfect poet so excuse the lines if they aren’t exactly in sync. Will enclose a picture of the quilt that inspired the poem. I wanted to practice my machine quilting so just used it to experiment on, too. When I was finished, I threw it in the washing machine to get some of the stiffness out of it. Now it will be a nice enough quilt for any small child. Dear Sandy What a lovely quilt, and all from scraps. I'm making table runners for a craft show. May I use your idea of how to use scraps? A QUILT STORY By Sandy M. As I looked through some fabric scraps A friend had passed to me, I found a stack of quilt blocks As lonely as could be. Their edges were not even And their sizes did not match. So she had tossed them in the box To add them to my stash. I looked at them a minute And then I thought, “Why not?” It wouldn’t take me very long To sew them into blocks. So I began to measure them And found that nothing matched But even so thought, “What the heck!” As my sewing plans unhatched. Often the points might overlap But I did not get mad, For as it came together, It didn’t look so bad. And just a couple hours Was all it really took And so I laid it on the bed To see how it would look. Amazed, I looked and smiled And much to my surprise It really looked quite lovely To my wide-open eyes. Then a thought popped in my head How much like it we are, With cut off points and crooked seams, From perfect we’re so far. Yet each of us is quite unique And if we’re really truthful, If one does not look really close. We’re all warm, cuddly and useful. |
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May I use your idea of how to use scraps?" You are welcome to share. Thanks for asking. Anyone else may use this if they wish. :-) |
Thank you !! That is a very neat (and true ) take on life itself!! You done good!!!!!
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