Edith's Flower Patch

 

I met an older quilter

with a vision.

She wanted to share her passion for quilting

and provide a venue for others to learn and work together.

 

She started a delightful little quilting group

that I decided to join one day.

 

This was huge for me, as I'm not a joiner.

 

Edith and I clicked right away.

I loved this woman.

 

Sadly, she passed away quite suddenly

and I miss her terribly.

 

But she shared a pattern with me

that brings me great joy to work on.

 

 

I travel many long hours during the fall and spring,

and always have a "to go" project prepared

to fill the time on the road and in the air.

That fall,  following her death, I began to work her pattern.

 

 

I don't have any pictures of Edith. 

Our precious time together was

before I afforded myself a (digital) camera 

that I never left home without.

But, someday, I have what will be a

beautiful, bright, and cheery quilt

to remind me of her positive and encouraging manner.

 

 

I work on putting it together a little every summer,

however, because it's for me,

it always takes a back seat to other projects.

But someday, I will feel Edith's warm embrace

whenever we met,

always.

 

Her little quilting group?

They still meet once a week for a couple of hours.

It's more a social gathering now,

without Edith's guidance.

 

And I've moved on.