After the trunk show yesterday at a local retirement home I had to ask myself what just happened and I will try and share this with you. I arrived on a dull winter day to talk to a group at the retirement home and had thought when I looked at the group in the room about 10 mins. before I was to speak that I would just show a few quilts take 30 mins. and be on my way.
The quilts transformed the room. The were looks of delight, awe and joy as I showed quilt after quilt. We talked about the beauty of the quilts the feeling like you where there for the African sunset, the beat of Congo, the Massi wedding.
I shared all the quilts and after 50 mins we were finished showing the quilts and no one moved, we talked for about another 20 mins about what they had just viewed, this room was so alive!! The thanks after this to me and my trunk show sidekicks Beve and Irene was heart warming.
This part was both sad and happy. There is a lady at the home from Sudan who doesn't speak English, and we were told never joins in anything, sat near the back of the trunk show gesturing to Beve to view a couple of the quilts more then once.
The answer to just what happened is the magic of quilts to brighten someone's life.
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