Collage by (me) Margaret Bednar
The Sewing Circle
Stitches pull taut,
arms extend, slightly raise
as if holding heavenly swords,
not needles,
and within each breast,
shy or fierce,
resides Joan of Arc
battling the Devil's claw.
by Margaret Bednar, December 8, 2022
playing along with "Shay's Word Garden Word List: The Smiths". 20 words provided, I used 5: stitch, Joan of Arc, heavenly, devil, shyness (shy)
Devil's Claw is a quilt block pattern.
11 comments:
Mabe you meant "taut." Or maybe you're being poetic there. Anyway, I love the notion of a fierce sewing circle! Thanks for explaining the devil's claw, i would not have gotten the reference.
Once I went to Cooperstown with a group of people to see the baseball Hall of Fame, but on the second day while the boys went back to the Hall, I went to see the quilt museum. I think it was a traveling exhibit that was there at the time. Wow, is all I can say--I was amazed and impressed. I also went to the farm museum, which is a working farm as per the era of James Fennimore Cooper. That was actually the high point of the trip for me, even though I love baseball. Anyway, your sewing circle made me think of all that.
"as if holding heavenly swords,
not needles,"
Nice one. :)
I, too, love the idea of a fierce sewing circle. There is a lot of power in a group of women together, whatever they are doing.
Such power in the brevity of your words, Margaret! Love this 💘💘
I think your fierce sewing circle and my fearless book club would get along famously. This is amazing work using so few words, five of them provided for you!
I love this. And the collage! You are so talented.
Had not heard about devil's claw... I think quilting is a lot more popular in the US than it is here.
I love the fierce sewing circle, and Joan of Arc!
A Joan of Arc residing in each breast gives me hope..
Love the collage and the poem, Margaret. Thanks for teaching my what a Devil's Claw quilt pattern (I googled it) :-)
By the way, did you know that during the abolition of the slave trade, certain families would create quilts with certain codes in them to let fleeing slaves know where to hide out or to warn them of where not to go? It was a discussion I sat in on at a poetry workshop once, and it was fascinating.
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