While chatting with a friend of mine yesterday, they told me of a concept they had. They are an avid quilter, with an inclination towards patchwork quilts and while working on one, they spotted a correlation between how the quilt itself was like life in some ways.

Colourful Personality

Each patchwork quilt is one of a kind piece, made up of a variety of pieces of materials and when it comes together it forms a quilt that is unique in its own way.

This too is true for every person on this planet, each of us has had different experiences “some good, some bad, and these form together to make up the person they are today.

Character

Just like people have characters patchwork quilts have characters of their own too. The unique colours of the materials and the feeling of the textures employed in it all combine to make a quilt which has different qualities than other of the same sorts of quilts.

A similar line can be drawn around how folk are made up. The people they encounter in life, their teachers, coaches and the experiences they have, all weave together to create a personality which will react differently to different circumstances.

It’s this unique array of character traits and experiences that we identify with, and warm to, as their own story shines through and warms our hearts.

Length

Cruising through life, you collect experiences and memories. So that the longer you live the more you collect, and that is why older people have a lot of experiences and stories they can share with you.

A similar thing is applicable to these quilts. The longer you work on them, the more pieces get added to the quilt, the bigger it becomes each one has its own story to hear.

You know what? I’m convinced my girl-friend was on to something there! I suspect I am going to have a good hard look at my previous patchwork quilts and see what kind of lives they lived.

To read some more easy to follow hints for how to make a patchwork quilt, go to Jane Green’s patchwork quilt blog right now!

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