Mind Sparkle
Hi, Everyone!!!
Hope you all have had a chance to break at least one of your New Year’s resolutions by now and begin at least one new quilting project. I thought that you might appreciate the above phrase that a co-worker shared with us a while ago. Her husband passed along the term “mind sparkle“ after hearing it from a Chinese woman in an overseas office he was working in. Do you have any guesses as to what it might mean? When asked, the woman defined it as a “good idea.”
I really love the image that it creates for me of a great notion dawning upon me as an “ah-ha” moment. Finding the perfect solution for a design that has been stubbornly refusing to be solved, discoving the absolutely ideal shade of fabric for my project after visiting my favorite fabric haunt, adding just the right embellishment that makes my piece sing. Your “mind sparkle“ may differ from mine but I think we’ve all had them. So, here’s my New Year’s wish for each of you that you be open and mindful of the “mind sparkles“ that may come your way–from your bqff (best quilting friend forever, of course!), the magazine you’ve just bought, or the speaker at your next guild meeting.
Multitudes of Mind Sparkles to You All!!!
Make more quilts, the world needs more comfort!
Until next time, I wish you pieces of joy and creativity!
Debbie G.