Quilting provides great satisfaction and you don't have to feed it. Another aspect of quilting that holds great appeal for me is the diversity of my group. Quilters come in all shapes and sizes and ages and ideological points of view. Some of us are part of the religious right, and some are far left liberals. Some of us are old married people who raised five children, and some of us are empowered career women with no plans for children or partners.
Barriers vanish in our common love of fabric and our craft.
I am a quilter. I am a link in a chain that started long before me and will go on long after I am gone. I am proud to be a part of this American folk tradition. It has enriched my life greatly. The quilt was first displayed in October of 1987 during the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.