Talking to your great-grandkids

I have been working on the same quilt for about five years now.



Planning, positioning, thinking, rearranging, cutting, stitching...

Seriously.

And no, I'm not ashamed to say so. The color selection, careful piecing of shapes, and only working on it when I am really inspired to do so have resulted in my spending a few minutes here, a few minutes there... and here we are, five years later, and it is still becoming.



And so, hand-stitch after tedious hand-stitch is is becoming...



Well, other than the very personal meaning behind the quilt, the family connection, and the fact that I want every single stitch on it to be done by hand, this quilt is the only tactile communication I will likely have with my great-grandchildren. Assuming I will not grow old enough to meet them, the only "hug" I can give them, is by wrapping them in a quilt that has passed through my hands, my children's' hands, and eventually to theirs. It won't hang on a wall - it will be used on beds... when we're sick, when we're well, when we're happy, when we're sad. It won't hang in a museum or win a contest, it will just be "that special quilt" in our homes. Perhaps, for generations to come.


And that is more than enough.


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The modern wedding... a seismic shift?

This lovely little vintage 50's number has been drastically altered to fit the "best woman" in anupcoming wedding. Isn't it a BEAUT?!

So...Is it the economy that is driving this movement towards really beautiful, useful, personal clothing?

I am seeing a sweeping change in attitudes from brides lately. The actual wedding, and by that I mean the actual getting married of it all, is taking precedence over the long held "princess for a day" notion. And boy, is it about time, or what?

I am meeting the woman who wants to look beautiful and special in a family heirloom, in a custom dress that suits her figure and the mood of the wedding, and the bride who would feel wildly out-of-place in one of those wildly expensive heavily-corseted or beaded suits of armour that pass for gowns these days. They are understanding that they will be photographed, and want to look like the best version of themselves on their wedding day.

Now, this is a movement I can get behind!

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