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The Patchwork Quilt
The poem that inspired Steph's novel, Sarah's Patchwork
The Patchwork Quilt
words & music by Natalie Whitted Price
Did Grandma ever tell you about the patchwork quilt
that lies across the sofa in her room?
It was made from scraps of dresses that she wore when she was young
and some of them were woven on a loom.
Sometimes when it's raining and I can't play out of doors,
she lets me spread it out upon the floor,
And as I choose the pieces I'd like to hear about,
she tells me of the dresses that she wore.
It isn't just the dresses that Grandma tells about--
it's the things that happened when she had them on,
And almost every piece that's in that dear old patchwork quilt
holds the memory of a sorrow or a song
Oh, things were very wonderful when Grand-mama was young--
you ought to hear her tell about it all.
The ladies all were beautiful, the children all were good,
and the men were all so gallant and so tall.
She calls the quilt her memory bed, and every little piece
is a flower blooming in its scented fold.
There are red ones for the roses and blues for "don't forgets"
and yellow ones for sunflowers of gold.
There's one she calls sweet lavender that smells like baby clothes,
and one of purple like the sunset skies.
I never ask about these--or the grey one like the rain,
for when I do, dear Grandma always cries.
My Grandma told me once that life is just a patchwork quilt
of births and deaths and marriages and things,
And that sometimes when you're looking for a lovely piece of red
you only find a knot of faded strings.
But she says the red is redder when it's by a piece of brown,
and grey is not so grey by sunny gold.
Oh, I hope I'll have a lovely patchwork quilt like Grandma's
to show to little children when I'm old.
Download an 8" x 10" printable copy of The Patchwork Quilt (3MB).
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