I Accept What Is
Life lesson — accepting the things life throws your way.
PLEASE DON’T RUN when I tell you that today’s story is about how to design a quilt. Instead, be assured that whether I am writing this blog, making a quilt, or just sitting at my kitchen table drinking coffee and reading the newspaper, I am always hunting for life lessons to share. In the quilt design process, I promise to tell you a few. Here’s one now: When life gives you scraps, make a quilt. Sew far, sew good? Then come on along!
Let’s start by talking about my kind of quilts. First, they are wall hangings, not bed covers. But more important is the fact that they have words pieced into the design and the words are spelled out in capital letters, five inches tall. When one uses all caps in email, it is considered shouting, and maybe I am shouting here, but the person I am shouting at is myself. It is said that we teach best that which we most need to learn, so the words on my quilts are all lessons aimed at me.
Today’s quilt starts with the fact that I have struggled with the death of my friend, Big Irv, for months. Had I been the one to die first, I know exactly how Big Irv would have dealt with my death. He would have explained the unexplainable to himself by saying, “It is as it is,” and then he would have moved on. I like these words. They are similar to an…
