Not JUST a Quilt…

To me, as a quilter, a quilt is never JUST a quilt. For me I see what it will become when it’s longer with me. If it is a kids quilt I see them cuddled up on a cool day keeping warm, or laying under it when they are sick and home from school. I see the fort or cape it becomes when their imaginations run wild. I see the picnic on a beautiful day outside, or the picnic on a rainy day inside. I see the comfort it can bring to someone who has had a loss, the memories it can hold, or the memories it can make. I can see the warmth it will bring on a rainy day in fall, on a cold and snowy day in winter, or even the air conditioned summer day inside when you just want to snuggle. I can see it’s comforts lasting for generations, being passed down for decades so that others might know it’s comfort.

So for me it is not JUST a quilt, it’s not JUST a blanket, it is a memory, a comfort, and a lifelong friend.