{"id":1003,"date":"2022-03-31T17:08:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T01:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2022-07-16T12:03:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T20:03:29","slug":"the-journey-is-the-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/?p=1003","title":{"rendered":"The journey is the destination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, while digging through my pattern box in search of a new sewing project, I found the directions for a two-patch quilt that my Aunt Kathy had written up in her inimitable style and sent to me in the early 1980\u2019s. In her words, it \u201cis very simple and easy, and only requires one- and-one-half jillion pieces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I first got the pattern from her, I immediately set out to make a quilt. I pulled out the two pattern pieces&#8211;a small triangle and a smaller triangle&#8211;and obligingly cut out the 8 small triangles and the 32 smaller triangles that would make the first square. I failed to notice that the directions called for me to add seam allowances to the patterns. The result was that I made a square that was considerably smaller than anticipated. I looked at this quilt square for a few days and noted that I would probably be \u201cold\u201d before I could ever finish such a project. So, I made it into a tiny pillow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/quilt-square-pillow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1004\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cut to forty years later, and I am starting again. I have already made three squares (including one monochrome for practice), and once I added those seam allowances, I find that these squares are of a quite respectable size. I won\u2019t need nine million squares to make this quilt, and the cutting, arranging, and sewing are rather soothing. It doesn\u2019t even take that long, all things considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Quilt-square-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1005\" width=\"856\" height=\"1141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Quilt-square-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Quilt-square-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Quilt-square-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Quilt-square-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What was I thinking? Why was it so impossible back then? Could it be that I have matured, and don\u2019t need immediate results the way I once did? Anyway, I will indeed be \u201cold\u201d before I finish this quilt, since I am already \u201cold,\u201d but I sure do enjoy my new attitude, which is basically, \u201cjust give it a go, and enjoy the process.\u201d Those Jamaican bobsledders said it best: cool runnings, and peace be the journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">****************************************************************************<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For your further edification:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/videos\/search?q=cool+runnings+movie&amp;docid=607990373756373347&amp;mid=528B915346405A7BE8A7528B915346405A7BE8A7&amp;view=detail&amp;FORM=VIREHT\">Cool Runnings Theatrical Trailer (1993) &#8211; Bing video<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, while digging through my pattern box in search of a new sewing project, I found the directions for a two-patch quilt that my Aunt Kathy had written up in her inimitable style and sent to me in the early 1980\u2019s. In her words, it \u201cis very simple and easy, and only requires one- and-one-half [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[159],"tags":[455,409],"class_list":["post-1003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-powhatan-to-alaska","tag-perseverance","tag-quilting"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1006,"href":"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions\/1006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}