I'm an old girl, yet applying Scripture to every part of my life. I often cut and paste "Good Thoughts" and this is a reminder of what was said by some good writer years ago.
In the Old Testament, the writer states in Ecclestiastes 3:7 that there is “ a time to tear apart and a time to sew together…..a time to be silent and a time to speak”.
Making a quilt is indeed a combination of tearing apart and piecing fabric back together. We use and re-use fabric so that nothing is really wasted or forgotten in the back of our closet. That old dress or pair of jeans is cut-away at the seams and we add new textures, buttons or lace so as to re-fashion it. So it is, the old remains familiar and yet brand new.
In this way, my quilted objects let me embrace the memory of yesterday - the kids, my mom, my father-in-law, my veteran.... A time and a season for everything...
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