My mother was a quilter,
her mother and her grandmother were as well.
Quilts are not just folksy ways to keep warm on a winter's night, they
are handcrafted in patterns from scraps of cloth. In the case of my
family, many of the scraps came from the leftovers from hand-made
garments for the family. In one of my Mom's quilts there's a patch that
came from some of my pajamas made when I was five.
That background made me want to go see a production of "The Quilters" at
the NSU Summer Theatre. These are usually well worth the time and the
modest admission, and this was more than that. I snapped a few pictures
of the show. It depicts through song, dance and not a few moving
dramatic scenes, childbirth, prairie fires, marriage, and most all
glimpses of the lives of the women who shaped a great portion of our
country. |