I love the history that is behind each quilt, whether old or new. I love how lives are woven together through the making of quilts... or anything really - a loaf of bread, wedding or baptismal dresses, birthday or Mother's Day cards made by children.
The June 2007 issue of the American Patchwork & Quilting magazine contains a short article on a quilt that Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the U.S. made when he was 10 years old while his mother was dying of tuberculosis. The magazine article points out that Calvin Coolidge's quilt certainly wasn't perfect. Some of the blocks are facing the wrong direction. It didn't need to be perfect. But it's a wonderful job done by a 10 year old spending time with his mother.
I think that is the heart of anything made with our hands. So, come join me in making a quilt and put your memories into cloth.
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