Rachael Greco -- September 2001

This great lady-friend talked about how ............historically, women have used quilting to cope with tragic loss.

The key way women throughout the ages have responded to catastrophe and times of high stress is to take to the needle.  Whether engaged in the simple rocking motion of hand quilting, or caught up in the calming whir of the sewing machine... our ancestors understood that sewing activities calmed their nerves and soothed the soul.  

Women in America... when confronted with severe tragedy, have consistently taken up sewing and quilting projects as a way to cope and create significance.

We have the unique opportunity to put those around us in touch with their American quilting and sewing roots.  We can carry forward our nation's unrivialed quilting heritage by helping others discover sewing and quilting as a means to cope;  and we can also inspire them to create that significance for themselves, their family and loved ones.


As has been so aptly said before, "When life falls to pieces, make a quilt!)

Kay Harmon on her blogspot.... noted Quilting as theraputic. 


I stood beside the gravesite of my Freshman college girlfriend last Saturday.......


Here's what I know about live.... God is good... and a hobby such as quilting is good medicine..... a sanity keeper.. a quiet spiritual place to create from within!

Check out Kay's site.....Here is a part of her quote about Dr William Dunton, a psychiatrist, began collecting Baltimore Album quilts in the 1920s.  He became so interested in them that he self published a book of album quilts in 1946.  Only 2000 copies were printed so finding one in any condition is rare.  Here is what else Kay had to say......."Dr Dunton alludes to quiltmaking as a therapeutic occupation.  He says "In making a quilt top the worker has the stimulation of color and she also has to concentrate upon her task of sewing the pieces together...."  He goes on to say "It is easily understood that a nervous lady who is concentrating on making a quilt block has no time to worry over her fancied physical ill health or even worse over wrongs or slights which may be real, so she is cultivating a more healthy mental attitude and habit."