THE WEEKEND COLLECTOR: Collector With a Needle!

I'm pleased to link an interesting blog today.  Dawn Ronningen has a delightful blog about quilting. She collects vintage sewing paraphernalia, quilts, and makes her own lovely quilts using traditional quilt patterns. It's called Collector With a Needle. I hope you check it out!

Although I don't sew,  I'm totally in awe of Dawn's talents, both in quilting and in displaying, collecting, and documenting these wonderful quilts and sewing tools.

I've been lucky to know a few quilters in my life, and I admire all their hard work in creating beautiful, lasting works of art. There's such a rich tradition of quilting in America (and I'm sure in other countries too) that helps document our history and heritage. As a 'woman's art', quilting has been both a beautiful and practical way of socializing, creating, nurturing, and documenting families and culture. In my family, my Grandfather's niece Fauntie was our 'family quilter'.  I think every family should have someone who quilts!