My sister says that winter is the time you are wrapped in one quilt while you are making another. So I thought I would share a poem I recently received via e-mail. It was about a different state (South Dakota) when I got it, but since South Dakota is the state of my birth and youth and only 20 miles from where I live I took the liberty of changing the state. We have had snow every other day for almost 2 weeks. We are forecast to have some additional snow every day for the next four. So, here's the reason for quilts:

It's winter in Minnesota and the gentle breezes blow
Seventy miles an hour at twenty-five below.

Oh, how I love Minnesota when the snow's up to your butt,
You take a breath of winter and your nose gets frozen shut.

Yes, the weather here is wonderful so I guess I'll hang around,
I could never leave Minnesota 'cause I'm frozen to the ground.

Merry Christmas and Happy Sewing Season to all.


"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain."