Duvet
Day
trips
to town
in search of
swatches, eclectic
fabric variously adorned
with diagonal lines, wild strawberries, calico
patterns, Spanish galleons, and
silver screen legends,
colored threads
linking
them
in
hues
the
Lady
of Shalott
would envy. Four-inch
squares expertly sewed, intricate
stitch work quilting side-by-side, the eiderdown piecing
needle-punched batting between the
blanket length backing:
a motely topside
heirloom
held
dear.
