"Yet, for all its beauty, there is something secretive about a quilt. Within its many layers and hidden stitches, a little mystery resides. And long may the mystery remain."

Country Quilts, Hearst Books, New York 1992

Street Fair

… to anyone who came to my stand at the "Blue Mile"- street fair at Weimar nearly two weeks ago,

it was such a lovely experience for me! I enjoyed the nice conversations and the fun we shared! 

And I will always do it again the way I had: no price tags attached, that makes the whole process of "Giving" and "Receiving" much more colorful, rich and thoughtful. I had an open money box on my table and no, it didn't happen that someone helped himself, just the opposite, in the end - very late at night when at last the music stopped and everyone in my alley had gone to bed - I checked and counted and it so happened that my guests at my stand had been very generous. "Generous" is a term here which must be seen from an individual perspective: I - for example - had been surprised and delighted that so many kids came to my table and liked my things, and of course they came with their pocket money and they were thinking hard what to give me back for a mouse or a teddy or a bookmark… they often went into negotiations with their parents and I loved how considerate they were and how they wanted to do it right and to be fair to me, what of course they were, completely, just by taking the whole thing seriously. I truly loved to see that.

Other persons, adults, wanted to know exactly how I work, what the different steps in the process of completing a quilt are, they even took with them a paper I had prepared with some information… and then they regarded a quilt of mine (I only offered small ones and smaller quilted objects) not only as some finished item, but also as the result of an individual process and they realized the story and tradition behind it. And rewarded my work as such.

The best thing would be if someone got inspired and left my stand with a fresh idea!

I was so busy that I didn't have the time to take many pictures, and those I have are not of good quality,

plus I'm careful here to not put anyone as a person directly on the internet.

But here are some snapshots.

I had been so blessed to have some African drummers a few steps away from me, they really gave us all a lot of energy and drive!