http://elaynaalexandra.com/2009/10/25/grateful-sunday-19-2/ WordPress at Utopian.net Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:10:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://elaynaalexandra.com/2009/10/25/grateful-sunday-19-2/comment-page-1/#comment-178 gypsiegrannie Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:29:46 +0000 http://elaynaalexandra.com/?p=1226#comment-178 Well, I think that is what 'crazy quilts' were - made from scraps of fabric after the clothing fell apart - and they were sewn together with different stitches. Each piece had a story. (That piece of calico was from my apron the year I canned fifty quarts of peaches and got stung by a bee.) Quilts were often passed down generations, and sometimes the stories were remembered. It is true, our lives are many, many patches of stories stitched together. Well, I think that is what ‘crazy quilts’ were – made from scraps of fabric after the clothing fell apart – and they were sewn together with different stitches. Each piece had a story. (That piece of calico was from my apron the year I canned fifty quarts of peaches and got stung by a bee.) Quilts were often passed down generations, and sometimes the stories were remembered. It is true, our lives are many, many patches of stories stitched together.

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