Amethyst is not only the block this week, but also my birthstone. Its beautiful purple color has always been a favorite color of mine.
I will fondly remember sewing this block while at a mini-retreat at the BFQ. I had just finished my Ula BOM top and planned for this block to be the next accomplishment. The block is a little wonky, but then so am I. :)
Jenny Joseph is a poet who helped me break through my family's cultural rules, and gave me my first ideas that older women can and should make the most of their power and experience.
Her poem "Warning" came out in the 80's in America, and Red Hat Societies were formed for women to support each other in their new-found freedom.
From my earliest days at school, when girls were not allowed to wear pants, except on a very few cold winter days, to today, when I can wear any damn thing I want, "I shall wear purple" is a reminder to me to be fully and completely who I am.
Go read and listen to the poem. Now is a good time.
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I'll start now so people won't be surprised when I'm old!
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