The Sewing Mom

I was surfing through some of my favorite blogs and I ran across the most beautiful poem at Waterrose Handcrafted Obsessions. She has kindly given me permission to copy it here. This poem was written by Carrie A. Hall and Rose G. Kretsinger.

When I have spoken to you of its beauty–
“A mere hodge-podge of calico,” you said,
“A necessity of homely fashioning,
Just a covering made of cloth and thread.”

I new you’d missed the message hidden there
By hands that fashioned quilts so long ago.
Ambition and assurance are the patches
And the stitches of a quilt are love, I know.

I think a quilt is something very real–
A message of creation wrought in flame;
With grief and laughter sewing into its patches
I see beyond the shadows, dream and aim.

One of my favorite poems and my favorite past-time.
From: The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America, by Carrie A. Hall and Rose G. Kretsinger, written in 1935.

After living in this house for almost a year, I finally did it, I go the bathtub/shower fixed in my daughter’s bathroom! You see, the mixer valve, the valve that allows both hot and cold water to come out of the faucet at the same time was broken when we moved in. I had a handyman come out and take a look at it months ago, but he didn’t seem really too sure of himself and made the work sound much more complicated than I though it should be, so I didn’t call him to come back. I finally called a regular licensed plumber who fixed in pretty quickly. My daughter can finally use her own shower instead of ours!

For my daughter, the biggest difference is that now, instead of a glass enclosed shower stall, she’s using a shower/bathtub combination with a plastic shower curtain. She hasn’t had any issues with it and actually seems to enjoy being able to use her own bathroom. I on the other hand, am not a big fan of shower curtains. Whenever we stay in hotels, it’s the one thing I don’t like when I’m using their shower.

I have this thing about shower curtains. For some unknown reason, the air movement in the bathroom somehow manages to blow in onto you when you’re all wet in the shower. The result is the thing sticks to you. Now, I know that they do a very good job in most hotels cleaning the tub & tile, but I can’t help wonder if they EVER disinfect the shower curtain. Just consider all the other human bodies that shower curtain has rubbed up against and stuck to. It’s really disgusting when you think about it!

Whenever I get the stuck slimy shower curtain touching my skin I feel like I have to scrub myself down all over again to get rid of all the germs that the shower curtain just rubbed all over me! I don’t feel clean unless I’ve done it, it’s like having to take a double shower. I’ve been known to try stacking shampoo bottles and other heavy items on the bottom of the shower curtain to keep this horrible event from occurring, but nothing seems to work. There’s no controlling a psychotic shower curtain!

Personally, I don’t know why hotels don’t just install the ShowerBow. It’s designed to give you more space in the shower by pushing the curtain outward and away so that it never comes in contact with your skin, what a relief! It’s simple to install and inexpensive. I really thing anyone who uses any type of shower curtain would benefit from this simple product.