Changes

Feeling good, and moving around a little better, Wednesday evening I attended the monthly meeting of the LQG.  It's been almost three years since I attended a regular meeting.  The Guild had just come off the organization of a huge quilt show earlier this month, as they've been doing very successfully for years. The basic agenda for the meeting doesn't change, and it would be very easy to say that --in this Guild--nothing ever changes, but that's not really true.  Yes, most of the ladies--and there are many long term members--are older and grey-er, but that's wasn't what I saw.  This Guild has a very well-deserved reputation for being ultra-traditional, and conservative.  However, I saw many much more modern quilts at Show'n'Tell.  The skill level I saw in both the Show'n'Tell, and when the donation quilts were displayed, was much higher than the last time I took a good look.  The fabrics were the bright clear colours I associate with the Modern Quilt Movement, and many of the patterns that had been used were quite contemporary.  I might have thought it was me, but spent a few minutes talking with another long term member who, without prompting and quite spontaneously, mentioned many of the same observations.

If I really think about it, maybe it's me who has been left in the dust--so to speak