I haven't read either book, but I have the companion book to The Quiltmaker's Gift to make some of the quilts. Seems to me it's not so much about giving things away in that just having possessions does not make one happy. It also is about the joy of making something for another person. I know I'm happier when I know I'm making a quilt for a specific person or cause than if I'm just making a quilt.
We like to go to antique malls and consignment shops and I always think about all the stuff that ends up there that was probably someone's prized possession at some point. We went to a consignment shop this past weekend and the place looked like people just dumped off boxes they had filled at some deceased relative's. There were two huge boxes of video tapes, all neatly labeled (but not rewound), boxes with a jumble of stationary items, and so on. No matter what we collect, we cannot take it with us.
I find The Quiltmaker's Gift website to be extremely interesting and suggestive:
And the charities listed just scratch the surface of the causes quilters are involved in. The Linus Project is a companion to ABC Quilts in that quilters make quilts for children undergoing medical procedures, such as cancer treatments. Then there are the quilts for breast cancer, etc.
My Guild probably has two or three charities going on at a time. Last year I made a bunch of little quilts for a Boy Scout's project for preemie babies. Come to think of it, I still have one ABC quilt to finish.
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Date: 2005-01-13 09:40 pm (UTC)We like to go to antique malls and consignment shops and I always think about all the stuff that ends up there that was probably someone's prized possession at some point. We went to a consignment shop this past weekend and the place looked like people just dumped off boxes they had filled at some deceased relative's. There were two huge boxes of video tapes, all neatly labeled (but not rewound), boxes with a jumble of stationary items, and so on. No matter what we collect, we cannot take it with us.
I find The Quiltmaker's Gift website to be extremely interesting and suggestive:
And the charities listed just scratch the surface of the causes quilters are involved in. The Linus Project is a companion to ABC Quilts in that quilters make quilts for children undergoing medical procedures, such as cancer treatments. Then there are the quilts for breast cancer, etc.
My Guild probably has two or three charities going on at a time. Last year I made a bunch of little quilts for a Boy Scout's project for preemie babies. Come to think of it, I still have one ABC quilt to finish.