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December-January
What Quilts Are Made OF
by Ron Richter
Quilts are not just made of old rags found in the
attic or cellar. They are a tapestry of History and events. They are, you might say, a type of photo album. To
be interpreted by only those who took part in living in those memories. I didn't realize this and never would have
except on one cold Sunday afternoon in February the whole family had the same idea to camp out in the living room.
All of the readily available quilts and blankets were quickly snatched up. So for my comforter, I went to the hall
closet, pulling out an old quilt, not knowing the amount of memories and history that was so neatly folder into
a square package. I rolled up in it and laid down next to my 14 year old daughter. She looked at it and exclaimed.
"That's my old dress! I remember wearing that one, I liked it so much." Before long, we were all picking
out swatches. Dresses, shirts and even blankets that brought back all sorts of memories of the past. Things I had
forgotten or never knew. Stories, form a child's point of view. An unexpected time of remembrance. A time to slip
back into out past and relive for a moment the things that bonded us together as a family. So are the threads that
bond and sew a family together, like quilts! Little snatches of rags, ripped and torn and stitched with love will
give a blanket of warmth all the way to the heart.
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