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Searching for Inspiration !

Many times we accept the mundain and the every day, run of the mill stuff, because we might not know how to find something extra-ordinary and beautiful. Sometimes the extra expense and costs of something extra-ordinary is foolish when the ordinary will suffice. When you need to stay warm any quick geometric quilt pattern will do. When you need to cover a spare  bed ;  just any same ole ,same ole,  block pattern will be all right .  When you start looking at patterns, such as " Mrs. Billing's Coverlet" and "  Lucy Boston's Crosses" it makes your heart soar and your imagination fly high with excitement. These are true heritage pieces of art done with love  that abounds from deep within these women.  In my lifetime I would like  to achieve something that would  make my soul quiver in such an accomplishment. Quilting itself is a tension breaker  or a release from the everyday. I am blessed with that in itself. Everyday quilting is not a ...