Monday, April 11, 2011

Storybook Quilt

Monday. The sun was shining a warm Spring promise that cooperated with the tulip bulbs bursting out of the soil.
The first thing to do every morning was to go and check the plants in the greenhouse.
So interesting, thought Simmy, even the seeds have imprinted DNA that tells them when it is time to sprout. The intelligent design of the smallest seed had the power to inspire awe.
The 'wave petunia' seed is sliver-small and only hair thick... and yet, it grows to be a huge branching, flowering plant that fills large planters with abundance.
After watering the plants, Simmy gathered together some fabrics for a quilt. There is something very exciting about putting together fabrics to create a patchwork quilt.
As with all art, it takes a good deal of skill and creativity to make a well- designed blanket.
There was a piece of fabric with snippets of 'Wuthering Heights' scripted on it.
At the time of purchase, Simmy hadn't known that the little rolled up piece of cloth was part of a storybook, she had just liked the fabric and the font.
Hmm, storybook quilt. That would be a great name for this quilt. As a writer, Simmy loved naming her quilts to give them personality. 
Sometimes, the name came to her before she started the quilt and other times, it grew out of the design process and sometimes,
...the name changed after the quilt was finished.
The 'Little Dresses' quilt had become the 'Sundresses' quilt when the tiny person who took ownership of it,
... was born in the hot country of Ethiopia.

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