Sew Daphne: The Time Has Come

"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things-- of shoes & ships & sealing wax, of cabbages, & kings...."

This has been an intense month of dealing with two health issues, the rather large burn on my right haunch & George's bleed into his right knee joint. We suddenly started to feel the need to get more of our affairs in order. We might move, we might not, but in any case we need to simplify.

So, after years of amassing, we are starting to disperse stuff.

I've gotten to thinking how much my daily life over time is (& was) given over to moving things around & keeping them orderly. I think my first awareness of the transformative power of material goods came when my Grandmother Harwood died & my family got amazing things from her house.

I collected cloth from our youthful sewing projects to make clothes starting when I was eight [2 sisters & I + a Singer Sewing Machine]. That led to my first quilts because there were so many scraps. Other collections evolved: wooden thread spools (thanks to Grandma Garrison), scissors, thimbles & other sewing tools.

Then there was the Imagination Market which was basically rescuing stuff from the waste stream & squeezing more good out of it. In the classroom I was a manager of all manner of things to enhance/promote learning.

As I have started to "de-mass" (as opposed to amass) I am finding a sense of relief. I'm getting down to essentials. What is staying is the stuff I feel deeply connected to.

SO... I am going to start offering quilts to my extended friends & families. Shockingly, when counted, I discovered I have over 60 quilts in the house.

I'm happy to have you pass this on to your immediate people who you think might want/need what I have to offer.

So here is the first flush of potlatch offerings. Titles, sizes [horizontal first, then vertical] , methods of making, & year made.

Experiment with Eye Shape 17 x 23 cotton, some appliqué, machine quilted 2020.