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 We quilt for many reasons and each quilter/fabric artist has something that propels this activity.  I’ll mention 10 reasons here.  Let me know if yours is included.  Do you have something else that keeps you stitching?

Relaxation
Make gifts
Create something unique
Enter contests/challenges
Leave a legacy
Tell family stories
Earn an income
Gain recognition
Inspire others
Justify buying fabric        

Share your reason here.  It may be one of the above you’d like to expand upon.  Or it may be something completely different.  Perhaps you have more than one.
(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen

   Quilters continue to respond to my posts about quilting, family times, and tea time rituals that bring back memories.  They also share stories of memories-in-progress as they gather with children for cooking, crafts, sewing and quilting, as I did with my grandmother and aunt.  We also created memories in my own home which span the generations. 
Why not start writing down these memories and memories-in-the making?  These are part of your family legacy and should be saved!
If there is interest, I’ll make this a regular feature, where I share quilting memories and tell you about research I’m doing as I develop my Trails End …read more