Quilting Fever
QUILTING FEVER
by Beverly Page
Winthrop, New YorkI can shop all day
and hardly spend a dime.
But let me in a fabric shop-
I nearly lose my mind!I see those lovely fabrics
so pretty and so bright
My eyes take on a glassy look
(it really is a fright).
My knees, they start to shaking,
my nose begins to twitch.
As I look at all the colors,
my fingers start to itch.I picture Dresden Plate
done up in yellows and blue
Oh, look at that lavender
just right for Sun Bonnet Sue!
Across another aisle
it’s true I almost ran
For a shade of brown I had to have
to make for Overall Dan.Drunkard’s Path or Ohio Star
pieced in that real bright red
Would be absolutely beautiful
covering my bed.
I gasp, I pant, I simply
lose all sense of time
As I pick out all the colors
that I have to have as mine!I hurry home, my purchases
clutched tight beneath my arm,
Dreaming of the quilts I’ll make
and how they’ll keep us warm.
Housework gets forgotten but
I have no pangs of guilt
As I start cutting and a-piecing,
’cause I’m going to make a quilt!
That’s so cute!