PATCHWORK

Katie - A puppet designed, created

and photographed by Rolande Duprey

PATCHWORK

A lifetime can be cobbled

from snippets and clippings

stashed in a sewing basket

 Hodgepodge of bits & pieces,

fragments of fabric

(tiniest scraps of treasures)

remnants culled, collected –

recollections of people, places,

times gone by 

every vestige

meticulously clipped,

saved, salvaged:

Wool snipped from an old uniform

and Sunday-go-to-meeting suit,

strips of gingham, denim, twill

satin patch of wedding dress,

slips of silk from baby’s blanket

mementos of loved ones, 

joys & sorrows,

marriages & miscarriages

Oddments

painstakingly basted into place

(needles and thread,

scissors and seam-rippers)

arranged and re-arranged –

through years, laughter and tears;

tales told and retold,

sorted, stitched,

(many hands and hearts)

gathered, assembled,

embellished – 

entire lifetimes pieced,

mended, quilted together

from treasured remains

This poem was inspired by, and written for, a creative & talented friend of mine. 

Use the link below to swing by her site and see more on quilting & the quilt shown above:

purple rocks and pond water: what-does-this-quilt-tell-me? 

And the poem subsequently inspired a video (linked here):

Video by Rolande Duprey of "Patchwork" by P.S. Cleary

 

 

A November Quilt

 My November Quilt:

Well, it appears I made it through almost a week of Robert Lee Brewer’s November Poem-A-Day Challenge, and suddenly it’s December!  HOW does that happen?!? 

Anyway, friend of mine has asked me to write a poem about quilting, so...

I’m working on it.

In the meantime, (plundering an idea from her own site), I’ve “basted” some of my favorite November photos into the “quilt” below.  

A picture may be worth a thousand words - but they're much quicker to read!  

(Hope you enjoy!)

 

p.s.  While you’re waiting for my quilting poem to be assembled, please feel free to use the link below to swing over to her site for more on quilts & quilting:

 purple rocks and pond water: what-does-this-quilt-tell-me?