Quilting Stories at a Yard Sale
This weekend, as shoppers stopped by our yard sale and browsed through the fabric, notions, patterns, magazines, and books on quilting and patchwork that my daughter and I decided we could do without, I gathered many stories about quilting and quilters.
*”My hairdresser makes quilts. When I travel I pick up pieces of fabric I think she can use.” This lady bought several from us and said she’d found more at other yard sales.
*”Now that I’m semi-retired, I getting back into quilting again.” She had an armful of fabric pieces, including fat quarters, along with magazines and a book.
*”I love to read novels about quilting,” another said. “I especially like the Elm Creek Quilts series.” I’d just started reading a book in the series. So we discussed these novels about quilters, past and present, by Jennifer Chiaverini.
*”I don’t know why I’m buying this fabric, but I can’t resist more for my stash,” another mentioned. Then she described a quilt she’s currently making.
Although we had many other items in the yard sale, so many of my discussions were with quilters about their projects and the fabric, magazines, etc. they simply couldn’t resist.
(Fortunatley their husbands could discuss tools and carpentry with my husband as the men browsed through the items he’d concluded he didn’t need any longer.)
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