How To Make An American Quilt

A drama based on a novel depicting a woman, spending her summer with her grandmother trying to gain some perspective on marriage. As the granddaughter prepares for marriage, the grandmother and her friends sew profound stories of love into a quilt(a wedding present) from their own amorous recollections into each personal panel.

That’s what I want to talk about LOVE AND MARRIAGE.

How does LOVE grow? From stranger to friend to couple to marriage. How do you merge into this thing called ‘couple’ and still keep a little room for yourself? And how do we even know we’re only suppose to be with one person for the rest of our lives? .A good question that even I could not answer.

‘If you were to choose between marrying a lover and marrying a friend,
who would you choose? I would marry my soul mate.’

Well that makes perfect sense but now the question arises Who is my soul mate?

MARRIAGE on the other hand can be define as full of challenges, just like making a quilt. First you have to have a theme and then each squares are made by different hands and you have to bring all these different squares together and balance them in harmonious design. By harmonizing all these different elements, you’re creating a kind of continuity in the piece. When you have all this, then you have a good marriage.

‘Young lovers seek perfection.Old lovers learn the art of sewing shreds together and of seeing beauty in a multiplicity of patches’

On a final note, LOVE and MARRIAGE works hand in hand.One does not exist without the other.I leave you with the final script from the drama;

‘I'll tell you what makes me happy about marrying Sam. I know our marriage has as good of a chance of being wonderful as it does missing the mark. However, I'm banking on our love for each other to weigh a bit heavier on the wonderful side. As Anna says about making a quilt,
you have to choose your combination carefully. The right choices will enhance your quilt. The wrong choices will dull the colors, hide their original beauty. There are no rules you can follow. You have to go by your instinct. And you have to be brave.’