Sunday, May 29, 2011

Are Quilts Only For Hanging On Walls?

My five year old grandson came to visit the other night.



I was sitting in a chair below this quilt. He looked at the quilt and said "I like that quilt."
I asked him if he could see any other quilts.


He turned around and said "Yes that is a quilt too."



The door to the bedroom was open and this quilt was on the bed. I asked him if he could see any more quilts. He said he didn't.
I asked him if he saw any quilts in the bedroom.
He went in there and looked around and came out and said he didn't see any quilts.

I then told him to look at the bed. He still didn't see any quilts.

I then explained to him that that was a quilt on the bed and that quilts can be on beds.
He now knows quilts are not just to hang on the wall.

4 comments:

Robin said...

cute story. Most of my new quilts are for walls or sofas - ran out of beds How about a puzzle?

Cynthia Wenslow said...

LOVE this story, Kay. :)

Eva said...

Quilts are there to be cuddled and crumpled and folded and spread again -- something that doesn't work when they're hanging on the wall...

PeggySue said...

My teenager commented on a recent project I am working on and when I said it was to be a bed quilt. He was surprised and said, "But it's so nice! It would look great on the wall, mom." Made me smile.

Fun how perceptions are developed.