08.17.08
Do you keep a diary?
My first diary was about 1″ large and had a key enclosure. It was a gift. When I found that my mother had been reading it, when I was a teenager, and left it unlocked, I believe I discarded it.
For about the last ten years or more, I have regularly written journal notes about quilting activities, inspirations, illnesses, and aggravations. Sometimes, I’ve drawn illustrations and added color with colored pencils. It’s fun to re-read “back issues” periodically.
I suppose that is just one more thing I have in common with the person whose life I have been researching. She kept a diary and she illustrated many of her letters. Fun to see, and these types of things will be including in my upcoming CD, soon to be released.
I’m going to take some time today to read my diaries and to look at notebooks full of photos of quilts and quilted items I have made. It will be gratifying to review some accomplishments.
I also have a film of the first quilt history talk I ever gave … in 1991, I believe. I may shudder when I view it, #1: because today more is known about the subject than ever before, and #2: I know a lot more today, these 17 years later.
Your diary doesn’t have to be really fancy. I like those blank books with a hard cover. One can even buy them with quilt patterns. Whatever you do, keep it fun.
Patricia Cummings
Quilter’s Muse Publications
