It is such an honor to have had the Queen of England visit the USA again! As the Queen departs and the House debates the Iraq War Bill, I think about the right honorable Sir Winston Churchill because I am sure he could guide us to a reasonable outcome in these troubled times. Voted the greatest Briton ever, Churchill accomplished so much in his lifetime setting him apart from the average person. Churchill wore many hats in his long life from Nobel Prize winning author to brilliant statesman, but what if he was a quilter? Here are a few modified quotes that may have been remembered had Churchill been a quilter:

We make a living by what we earn, but we live life by what we quilt.

Don't give your child money. As far as you can afford it, give them a quilt. No hour of life is lost that is spent under the covers.

We shall draw from the heart of quilting itself the means of inspiration and survival.

The joy of quilting is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

The quilts of the future are the quilts of the mind.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue quilting that counts.

Never, never, never give up quilting.

Nourish your hopes but do not overlook quilting.

We shape our quilts; thereafter they shape us.

I have in my quilting concentrated more on self-expression than on self-denial.

Never quilt with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

There is no finer investment for anyone than to quilt.

Every wise quilter realizes that to improve is to change; and to be perfect is to change often.

Moral of the Work. In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill. In patchwork: bliss.

Quilt at all costs, quilt in spite of all terror, quilt however long and hard the road may be; for without quilts, there is no survival.

Never trust a quilter who has not a single redeeming vice.

Without tradition, quilting is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

A quilt is a very serious thing.

Quilting is a journey that lasts a lifetime! Throughout our lives and experiences we learn, grow, and make tough decisions, which ultimately reflected in our quilts. As we explore new possibilities our vast thoughts change and develop and in turn transforms us into better citizens of the world community. Over the years I have come to recognize that bliss is found within the heart and hands of a quilter.