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As I read Liz Strauss’ blog entry, Stopping Time, over at Successful Blog, I thought about quilters and their quilting heritage.  In a way, as we look at old quilts we possess or those in a museum, it seems time has stopped for a moment.

Then I realized, it’s more like walking through the time warp of the quilting world and going back to previous generations of quilters. Sometimes we know their stories; other times we have no idea who made a particular  quilt or piece of needlework.

However, as we learn about old fabrics and quilting styles, we glean a feel for that era.  If we know the maker, especially if it’s our own ancestor, we step from the present to the past into their world.

I learn more about my great grandmother when I read what my grandfather (her son) wrote about her quilting bees in his journal.  Cousin Virgilia cames “alive” when Mother shared the letter she received from her about quilting as a young girl.  Then Mother related sitting with her quilting relatives and sewing when she was only six years old.

Can you walk “through the Time Warp” of your quilting world?  Even quilts that aren’t family mementoes will have a history, if only in the type of fabric used.

So….in a way we stop time with our quilts, yet carry it forward, too, for future generations.

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(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen

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HAPPY FATHER’S DAY

    Whether you’re a quilting dad, a supportive dad, anyone’s dad in the quilting world and elsewhere…I wish you a Happy Father’s Day!

This is a time to celebrate dads and remember our dad.  Even though my dad is no longer living, this day brings memories of him.  It’s a time for memories, for getting together, for making phone calls and sending cards, and even for forgiveness.

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(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen