Grace Notes

Straight Seams, Even Stitches, and Grace

This summer I’ve enjoyed helping several young friends create their first quilt ever. They’ve learned that sewing machines have parts that sound like they belong on a body…. terms like throat, feet, and eye. They now know that when quilting, “flimsy” is just another name for an unfinished quilt top, “stitch in the ditch” is never done along a road, and “batting” has nothing to do with a ball and b…