The Giving Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini

Author:Jennifer Chiaverini
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group, USA
Published: 2012-10-04T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

Jocelyn

A fter another delicious supper with her new friends, Jocelyn hurried back to the classroom to finish her Giving Quilt top before the evening program. Since the concert would be held on the dais in the ballroom, campers would not be able to use the sewing machines that evening because the noise would drown out the musicians. “You really should take a break and enjoy the music instead,” Sarah had said with a smile. “It’s good for you to rest your fingers and your eyes for a while. You’ll feel more energized and refreshed when you sit down to sew again.”

Jocelyn knew it was sound advice. The back of her neck ached from sitting still for so long, and her wrists were sore from feeding fabric beneath the needle of the sewing machine for hours on end. Even so, she wouldn’t let a little discomfort deter her from finishing her quilt top in time for class the next day, and since the alternative was to return to the classroom after the evening program and sew late into the night, she was determined to finish her quilt well before the Waterford College Chamber Ensemble took the stage. When she arrived in the ballroom, she learned that she was not the only student to have made the same resolution. Nearly every sewing machine had a quilter sitting before it, some stitching together rows of Resolution Square blocks, others working on projects they had brought from home.

Her quilt blocks and supplies sat undisturbed where she had left them before breaking for supper, so she quickly settled back down to work. She had been sewing for a few minutes when Karen appeared by her side. “Do you want some help?” she asked, tucking the long strands of her straight, fine chestnut-brown hair behind her ears. “I’m just killing time until the show.”

Jocelyn glanced at the clock and gratefully accepted, her original plan to finish the quilt entirely on her own abandoned in the race against time. While Jocelyn sewed, Karen pinned together rows and setting triangles and passed them to her. On the other side of the white partitions came the sounds of folding chairs being arranged on the ballroom floor, increasing the quilters’ sense of urgency. In good time Jocelyn attached the last of her block rows, and while Karen pressed the seams, Jocelyn cut long strips for her borders. Adding mitered borders turned out to be more complicated than Gretchen’s demonstration earlier that day had led her to believe, but Karen talked her through the process and offered a few clever tips of her own that made her measuring, cutting, and sewing much more accurate.

Thanks to Karen, Jocelyn was able to finish her Giving Quilt top and put away her supplies with plenty of time to spare. She made a quick stop back at her room to freshen up and call home to speak with her daughters and her parents, who were staying with the girls in Jocelyn’s absence. As she

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