So Many Quilts, So Little Time

Quilting is my passion, an art form that is both productive and at times theraputic. In the past year I was asked to assist my sister-in-law, Karen Wesslen, in the cutting of pieces for a quilt featuring sail boats. It was a fairly challenging design for a novice quilter and in addition, some of the instructions concerning the amounts of fabric to purchase were wrong. Then a couple of months later, while searching through the library for a new quilt book to enjoy, I came across a pattern in Lynette Jensen's book, " Thimbleberries for Weekend Quilters", that would have been a better first project for Karen. Not wanting to see her become discouraged with quilting, I decided to invite her to complete a small quilt with me by mail. The following story describes that process. "The Mystery Quilt" is a defination essay and was the second major writing assignment. It was chosen for strength of sentence structure and use of parallism such as, "Still, every quilt contains a bit of mystery entwined in the reason for making it, in the choosing of fabrics in muted tones or bright colors, and in the choosing of a pattern from a vast array of block designs with names like Underground Railroad, Broken Dishes or Lost Ships." Perhaps you will be inspired to quilt after reading this selection.