Life as a Patchwork Widower

As a non-patcher, I am amazed by the obsession that people have with patchwork. If it was a drug then it would probably be regulated – it isn’t and I am sure there are a lot of partners around the world wishing it was regulated!  My wife has spent the whole bank holiday weekend designing an overly complicated sampler and then making it.

So what makes people so obsessive?  The house is full of loose threads that escape from the construction process – we have a loft full of cloth and threads. Every cupboard is bursting at the seams with all the paraphernalia that surrounds this so called ‘simple’ pastime.  As an outsider, it is difficult to see what the obsession is.  What seems odd is that once complete – the obsession ceases and it seems fine to give it away – or whatever.  So the challenge is in the planning and construction, not the having. 

Thinking about it, is it that different from people who obsessively complete crosswords, or sudoku puzzle books?

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