Comments on: Weekly Geeks #5 – Storytelling

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:57:05 +0000

RR: What a great quilt to have – such meaning…and I’m sure as it gets passed down through the generations it will become only more and more treasured.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:23:06 +0000

ravenous reader – what a wonderful idea to make a quilt from your baby and toddler clothes. I’ll have to remember that. I still have a few things of my son’s that are extra precious and they sit in a box because I don’t know what to do with them. That might be the answer.

By: ravenous reader

ravenous reader — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:36:39 +0000

I love stitchery and the way it’s been used for centuries to tell stories.

My great grandmother and aunt were quilters, and I cherish the quilts they made for me. My star quilt is made from scraps of all my baby and toddler clothes – what a treasure!

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:03:41 +0000

Ann: I know what you mean about younger eyes. I am finding it harder to cross stitch these days as I don’t see the tiny stitches as well as I used to – not to mention the patterns. Glad you enjoyed the post.

Heather: Thanks!

Kerry: I couldn’t agree more – your story is a touching one about your son and I can just see you sitting at his cribside stitching. It is always such a satisfying and relaxing thing. When I look at my finished pieces, I can remember exactly what was happening in my life as I stitched them.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:42:01 +0000

Great post. I’m an avid stitcher, but I didn’t even think of antique samplers as stories, which of course they are.

There’s also the personal story of one’s own stitching. I can place many moments in my life by what I was stitching at the time, especially when it comes to visiting with friends. I can picture my stay with them along with what I was stitching while I was there.

My son spent 10 1/2 weeks in hospital after he was born and I look back on the time I sat stitching beside his incubator as a remarkable peaceful time considering the fact I had a child in the NICU.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:17:49 +0000

Amazing. Thanks for the wonderful insight into the sampler. I was always fascinated by the idea that little girls learned to stitch by creating a sampler, but the rest of your post was all new info to me.

By: Ann Darnton (Table Talk)

Ann Darnton (Table Talk) — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:07:28 +0000

This is beautiful. When my eyes were younger than they are now, I used to quilt and I loved to create patterns that had meaning for me in the stage of life I was passing through. I really miss it now. Thanks for the post. I loved it.

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:14:48 +0000

Julie: Thank you! I may try to repost the photo of my sampler later in a bigger size I also thought of writing about quilts as they are also all about telling stories…but, I’m not much of a quilter (although I’m learning)!

Kristi: I find that a lot of readers also quilt, stitch or sew…I think the idea of a story within the pieces is what attracts readers.

Maree: Thank you so much!

By: Maree

Maree — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:36:47 +0000

Beautiful work! I stitch too, but find that samplers don’t call to me. They are fascinating slices of history, though.

By: Kristi

Kristi — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:03:31 +0000

Great post, Wendy! I’m a quilter and stitcher, too. I’ve always been fascinated by the history of fiber arts (especially the part quilts played in the Underground Railroad). Great list of book, too. I’ll have to check some of them out…