{"id":358,"date":"2024-02-18T15:55:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T21:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helenkelley.lee-databasics.com.com\/?page_id=358"},"modified":"2024-03-24T22:16:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T03:16:11","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.helenkelley.lee-databasics.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-192 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:700px\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2009-03-28T04:59:16-05:00\">March 28, 2009<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Loose Threads<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>March 28, 2009 &#8211;<\/em> Last year, I asked Mom (Helen) if she had any regrets. She said<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have no real regrets yet. But I worry about the regrets that I might have later: a great quilt idea that I never try; a good friend that I neglect to call until too late; an opportunity that I think will wait for me, but doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps I should take a moment right now, to nip a future regret in the bud. Or, perhaps there will be a better time tomorrow. Today is\u00a0already full of things I need to\u00a0care for.<\/p>\n<p>Life is always full of those loose threads.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-175 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:700px\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2009-02-28T14:04:19-06:00\">February 28, 2009<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Helen&#8217;s Life Lessons<\/h2>\n\n<figure style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helenkelley.lee-databasics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/flowers-1-31-e1708286386424.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"border-radius:10px;border-width:2px;height:150px;width:150px;object-fit:contain;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>February 28, 2009 &#8211; <\/em>These words are from Helen&#8217;s presentation during her induction into the Quilter&#8217;s Hall of&nbsp; Fame, July 2008.&nbsp; We thought you might enjoy them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are the life lessons you and quilting have taught me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Love your craft.&nbsp; Be proud of tiny stitches.&nbsp; Respect tradition.&nbsp; But learn something new, try something hard, make a new tradition.&nbsp; Then pass it on the next generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">See things with different eyes. Look for the small treasures.&nbsp; Find the happiness and solace in your work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Share your passion. Quilt with a friend, or friends, or many friends.&nbsp; Be generous&nbsp; with your time, your advice, your praise, your ideas, your fabric.&nbsp; There is joy in giving something from your heart.&nbsp; It comes back to you many-fold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">The quilt your are working on is never your last quilt.&nbsp; But some projects seem to go on forever.&nbsp; Know when enough is enough.&nbsp; Don&#8217;t obsess over the stuff that doesn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Tell your story.&nbsp; Embellish it a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Always Have fun.&nbsp; And keep the magic in your life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-180 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:700px\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2009-02-20T14:58:26-06:00\">February 20, 2009<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Again, From Helen&#8217;s Family<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>February 20, 2009 &#8211; <\/em>Mom always told us that strangers were only friends she hadn&#8217;t had a chance to meet yet.\u00a0 So many of you have generously shared your thoughts and wishes with us over the last months.\u00a0 Each message has touched our hearts.\u00a0 We are reminded that Mom&#8217;s legacy is not only words and stitches, but also a world of friends, known and not-yet-known, a lifetime of people to be discovered.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to each and every one of you.\u00a0 We will try to give back, with more of her quilts and, from time to time, words from Helen&#8217;s notes.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any special requests, please let us know.\u00a0 We continue to watch Helen&#8217;s email.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,\u00a0 Helen&#8217;s daughters (and Bill)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-171 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:700px\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2008-09-04T11:04:38-05:00\">September 4, 2008<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">From Helen&#8217;s Family&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\"><p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">By now you might know that we lost Helen on Monday, September 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She will be deeply missed. It is difficult to find words to put to this occasion; she would have done that for us. Over the next weeks, we will sort through the scraps and threads of her notes to share any wisdom or smiles that she left. For now, I think this is what she would say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Helen will miss us as much as we will miss her. But, she is off on a grand new adventure. She loved an adventure. It was a chance to meet friends, imagine new quilts, and, always, the start of another good story to bring back to us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thank you all for your kindness and support. Please take a moment to share your thoughts with us on Helen&#8217;s guestbook , her <a href=\"mailto:helen@helenkelley-patchworks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">email<\/a> , or with her obituary guestbook\u00a0. We (and she) would be pleased and honored to hear from you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-169 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:700px\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2007-10-05T05:55:01-05:00\">October 5, 2007<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Angst<\/h2>\n\n<figure style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helenkelley.lee-databasics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/head3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"border-radius:10px;border-width:2px;height:150px;width:150px;object-fit:contain;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenkelley.lee-databasics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/head3.jpg\"><br>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">October 5, 2007 &#8211; Today it was time to think about 3 new lines for this journal but as I sat down to ponder, I discovered that the ears on my Indian&#8217;s face on this quilt are so far apart that his head doesn&#8217;t fit on his neck. Instead of writing 3 new lines, I&#8217;m undoing a week&#8217;s worth of work. Two weeks ago, I had a message from a quilter who talked about my &#8220;angst&#8221;. Well, I am dripping with &#8220;angst&#8221;. There is &#8220;angst&#8221; all over my workroom. 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