Quilt of Joy
by Mary Tatem
What
has quilting to do with Christianity? What on earth can the act
of stitching together scraps of cloth tell us about God, and our
faith? This is the theme of this book, which illustrates with short
stories and twelve popular quilt blocks all manner of useful and
thought-provoking things.
Each of the twelve chapters shows an illustration of the block in
question and has some detail about its history. Then follows four
short (a page or two) stories containing a moral to make us think,
complete with a Bible verse, a prayer, and a few lines of explanation.
This makes it an ideal book to keep by a bedside and I found myself
dipping into it last thing before I turned out the light. Writing
a story full of meaning that is this short takes a very special
skill, which this author certainly possesses in spades.
Many
topics come up in here and there is something for everybody. Leaving
home, prison, losing your house in a fire, loneliness, animals,
friendship, marriage, and more. They are set at various times in
history, from the early days of quilting to today, and tell of the
sort of universal problems, blessings and daily happenings that
everybody can identify with. This would make a great gift for the
quilter in your lifecif you can bear to part with it.
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The
Book |
Revell (Baker Publishing Group) |
July 2010 |
Paperback |
0800733649 / 9780800733643 |
General Fiction/Inspirational |
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The
Reviewer |
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewed 2010 |
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