Quilters : Old Treasure, not Trash
By Mary Ellen Cummings - The Emmitsburg Dispatch
Oct 22, 2004, 09:25   At least twice a year, I get the urge to throw away anything I haven’t seen since the previous clean-out spurt. There is really no need for me to keep all of the copies of every quilt magazine. I am not sentimental about keeping; rather, it’s more a matter of economics. I just hate to pay for something and throw it away while it’s still good.

People my age used to talk about the “good old days” and treasured many small tokens of remembrance – a bow of satin ribbon, a letter, or a photo. For many of us a quilt becomes the catalyst that sends our memories reeling. Today an » Read More