Crazy Quilting

Ruby's Purse

Who can resist the amazing appeal of a gift made especially by hand?  A gift just for you.  Whether it is a painting, a carving, a quilt or crazy quilt, a bit of Silk Ribbon Embroidery, ceramic, wood, fiber or stone, anything made by hand is a unique and valuable thing!

It is said, in so many ways, that when someone creates something by hand, they wind up incorporating a bit of their own spirit into it.  I think that is very true.  When someone makes something for you with you in mind, I think that investment becomes even stronger.

What mother could ever not treasure some of the funky hand-made ornaments, sculptures, drawings, valentines and other things their children create for them?  I know I have a whole pile!  Every time I go through them I remember their young faces when they proudly gave them to me – not merely a treasure, but a piece of a special time in both our lives.

I have always enjoyed making things by hand.  Most often these things have been Quilts, Crazy Quilted pieces, Embroideries, dolls, and paintings.  Whenever I make something for a person, I think particularly of them, what they like, how I love them, what they mean to me.  I hope that all these things become somehow “fastened” into the piece I have made, and that this is communicated to them whenever they see it.

Even if you don’t make a project for someone in particular, you always instill some of your own heart into it.  Somehow that makes your piece really “glow” with your very own essence, and style.

Make something by hand (and heart) for someone!  The satisfaction of it will make you feel wonderful!

Carolyn

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