Grandma had cut one-inch squares of the cloth;
From scraps, pieces of leftover or thrown away clothes and flour sacks decorated for making that new dress, it’s colors of blue, and red and pink, stripes and flowers.
For a shirt or blouse, (never pants), and piled them up, to make the quilt that would hold you soft and warm.
These two-hole buttons, that held her dresses on,
The tiny ones that kept her sleeves and bodice pretty,
And red ribbon, like finding gold in the treasure chest of cloth, that made each day a special one.
Some small pieces, of a life well lived, quietly held, affected so many, and carried more than ever, in her nightly prayers.
Ralph Peck
Photo by Ralph Peck
Memory Piece Quilt Frame made by
Geraldine Peck,
Quilt made by
O’bera Pearl Taylor Peck
1907- 2005
Mtn. View, Oklahoma
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