here we are…

…and so it goes.  Another year behind us, another in front.  At what point in my life did time begin to pass so quickly?  It’s as if I blindly jumped on the merry-go-round and it has sped up a little more each year.  I am not complaining, understand.  I am simply making an observation as if I’m the nervous parent watching her child on that wild ride.

Photo by Melanie Vaz on Unsplash

I am thinking about my quilting life as I ponder the last year.  Did I do my best on each endeavor? Did I devote enough time to each project or did I rush through, madly trying to meet my self-imposed deadlines? Was I patient with myself as I ripped out seams, wound bobbins, and fixed my machines? Did I make use of the resources I had instead of following the temptation to buy new? Did I give my quilts away with unconditional love; allowing whatever was going to happen to the quilts with their new owners? Did I document my journeys in my projects for future generations to get to know me?

These may seem like questions that should have a relatively straightforward answer but alas, they do not.  I shall spend the next month or so contemplating these things, hopefully in an honest and heartfelt way. Then, I am hoping to spend the rest of this year gathering your quilt stories that I might learn about you and your journey. 

As we think about each other’s journeys and what really makes a quilt a quilt, may you be diligent in your pursuit of “perfection,” knowing that trying to get there is the best part.

(If you have a quilt story you’d like to tell, for a possible second book, please write me at the email below. And as always, you can find my first book here which I hope will help you to tell your tales.)