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“As she talked she was working at a patchwork counterpane. The diamond-shaped pieces of silk melted one into the other, red, blue, purple, green, yellow, all one shimmering color. Hours and hours she had spent on it and it was nearly finished. Would I be lonely? she asked and I said 'No', looking at the colors. Hours and hours and hours I thought.”

Hours Loneliness Quilting

Book:Wide Sargasso Sea

Source: Wide Sargasso Sea

“I do NOT like patchwork,” said Anne dolefully, hunting out her workbasket and sitting down before a little heap of red and white diamonds with a sigh. “I think some kinds of sewing would be nice; but there’s no scope for imagination in patchwork. It’s just one little seam after another and you never seem to be getting anywhere. But of course I’d rather be Anne of Green Gables sewing patchwork than Anne of any other place with nothing to do but play.”

Anne Of Green Gables Quilt Quilting

Author:L.M. Montgomery

“The eldest ones said that the laughter and tears are sewn right into the quilt, part and parcel, stitch by stitch. Emotions, experiences, heartbreak, mourning, pain and regret, stitched into the cloth, along with happiness, satisfaction, cheer, comfort, and love. The finished quilts were a living thing, a reflection of the spirits of its creators.”

Crafts Quilts Rural Life Quilting Lanark County

Book:Lanark County Connections - Memories Among the Maples

Source: Lanark County Connections - Memories Among the Maples

“I like Betsy Ross as a model, too, the quilting bee, sitting around with your friends making art, asking what they think, so that you get the benefit of everyone's opinions and so it's not just about you in your you-dom.”

Thinking Art Opinion Benefits Models Sitting Asking Bees Sitting Around Doms Quilting Betsy Ross

Author:Kiki Smith

“Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.”

Use Friendship Friends Constant Worn Fabric Friendship Memories One Line Friendship Sewing Kick Ass Ragged Quilting

Book:Complete Stories

Source: Complete Stories

“Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that - one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery.”

Children Life Is Time Taken Rose Patterns My Children Life Is Like Needles Sewing Stitches Quilts Embroidery Needlework Quilting

Book:Guardian Angel

Source: Guardian Angel

“Anyone who works on a quilt, who devotes her time, energy, creativity, and passion to that art, learns to value the work of her hands. And as any quilter will tell you, a quilter's quilting friends are some of the dearest, most generous, and most supportive people she knows.”

People Knows Art Hands Values Passion Energy Creativity Generous Supportive Quilts Quilting Quilters

Author:Jennifer Chiaverini

“A family stitched together with love seldom unravels.”

Together Family Sewing Quilts Quilting

Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin

“Methinks it is a token of healthy and gentle characteristics, when women of high thoughts and accomplishments love to sew; especially as they are never more at home with their own hearts than while so occupied.”

Heart Home Healthy Gentle Accomplishment Characteristics Tokens Sewing Needlework Quilting

Book:Complete Novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated Edition): Fanshawe, The Scarlet Letter with its Adaptation, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, The Marble Faun, The Dolliver Romance, Septimius Felton, Grimshawe's Secret and Biography

Source: Complete Novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated Edition): Fanshawe, The Scarlet Letter with its Adaptation, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, The Marble Faun, The Dolliver Romance, Septimius Felton, Grimshawe's Secret and Biography

“Beginning writers are often advised to 'write what you know,' and since I knew about quilters - their quirks, their inside jokes, their disputes and their generosity, their quarrels and their kindnesses - the lives of quilters became a natural subject for me. Quilting wove together my two themes as completely and effortlessly as I could have hoped.”

Knows Writing Two Together Natural Kindness Subjects Jokes Generosity Theme Disputes Quarrels Having Hope Quirks Inside Jokes Beginning Writers Quilting Quilters

Author:Jennifer Chiaverini

“People who assume my books are only about quilts obviously haven't read them! I've always known that my books are about quilters - in other words, people - rather than quilts or quilting.”

People Book Known Havens Assuming Quilts Quilting Quilters

Book:The Quilter's Legacy: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel

Source: The Quilter's Legacy: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel

“Two quilters who have just met will be strangers only until their mutual passion for quilting is revealed. Then they can talk for hours like the best of friends.”

Two Passion Hours Mets Stranger Mutual Quilting Quilters

Book:Elm Creek Quilts: Quilt Projects Inspired by the Elm Creek Quilts Novels

Source: Elm Creek Quilts: Quilt Projects Inspired by the Elm Creek Quilts Novels