Why I Love Quilting

Pieced quilting brings me tremendous joy. To go from having a pile of scraps or extra fabric to creating a thing of beauty is truly wondrous. I think I inherited my love of quilting from my great-grandmother. She was an exquisite quilter. She was short like me and my mother has always said that I have a lot of characteristics similar to her (although I must admit that peanut butter and onion sandwiches have never appealed to me!). Her name started with a J and so does mine. Perhaps I knew her before I was born. Whatever the case, I love quilting. There are so many different styles. Each day I learn something new, I will try to document it. It is hard for me to leave the magazine section at the grocery store without purchasing another quilting magazine because the ideas for quilts are so thought-provoking. Maybe someday I will create my own design for a quilt. Now, wouldn't that be something!