Patchwork Quilts

Works to behold. Love and care. They take time.

We've had several in the family. There was one that kept me snug as a bug when I was a kid. Soft, thick with all kinds of colors and little 'knots' on it.

These quilts, as said, take some time to sew. And many a quilter has put much energy into same. Most have some message to convey re family history. They are one of the most individual pieces of craftwork made. No assembly line stuff.

Many pieces brought together to fashion one lasting piece. When it gets worn, it can be shorn up, repatched. If not the original maker, one just as skilled tasked to keep it together.

Once burnt, that quilt is gone. Can another take its place? Depends on the skill of the makers. It can be remade the same yet with the differences new artists bring.

Perhaps what is most important is the 'spirit' along with all the other effort that inspires it.

It might just inspire others to make one out of many.

Sore, tired, but seeing it become reality, we can have the same yet different.

From many, one.