Song; Summer Patchwork Quilt

Patchwork Quilt  Song & Lyrics by

Sheena Meagher Feb 2025

 

My mother knit a patchwork quilt one Summer

Embroidered all our names on fields of purl

Each coloured patch a memory of her laughter

And now she’s gone I’m weaving my own quilt

 

Chorus

Quilt of laughter, quilt so bright

For the days and for the nights

So light and yet so strong                                     

Quilt of comfort

Quilt so warm

Sure protection from the storms

That’s my patchwork quilt

 

I’m weaving joyful yellows whites and azures

With heartfelt greens and deepest reds and blues

When I encounter murky shades and ochres

I stitch them round with clear and stronger hues

 

Sometimes a song, a place, a tune or perfume

Will catch my heart, my eyes, my thoughts, my soul

And I’m transported to that patch of memory

Reliving moments that were dear to me

 

My mother knit a patchwork quilt one Summer

Embroidered all our names on fields of purl

Each coloured patch a memory of her laughter

And now she’s gone I’m making my own quilt

Yes now she’s gone I’m making my own quilt

 

 

*purl is the name of a stitch in knitting

Patchwork quilt painting exhibited Clare- Voyance, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon Co. Clare