Silver Linings in a Pandemic

 At Hip Stitch: 

Sometimes positive outcomes come from initial negative ones. A husband and wife came in, not wearing masks. Honest to God, I spaced out that I should have reminded them that it's required. I haven't had to do that in ages (months?)

We struck up a conversation, saying our hellos. He said to me something along the lines of "isn't this whole thing (mask wearing/pandemic) ridiculous?"

I responded, "No, I really don't think it is," and we had a tiny bit more back and forth before I said that it's ok for us to agree to disagree. And that was that. No anger, no tantrums, no defensiveness, nothing

negative. His wife was shopping for fabric, he was along to be with her, and that's where the focus was.

And I was a little unnerved by the whole experience (our staffer Lisa stepped in and offered them masks to wear, which they put on), and then we went on with our day.

How.....refreshing.

And thinking about sweet Madelyn, a new quilter who came in a few months ago to shop for her 1st projects, then brought this finished top in to proudly show it off. We posted it on Instagram, and her mom chimed in with how proud she was, and then the icky comment came in - an opinion about mask wearing. We removed the comment - that was not the place for that negativity.

Here's Madelyn with her beautiful quilt:

Making this week:

A finished sweater -  blocked to get the size and fit just where it should be.  This all wrapped up today, so only a picture of it in the drying phase:

  But, a FINISHED sweater - yippee!

Learned this week:

Sometimes, it's perfectly ok to politely, respectfully, simply - agree to disagree. And then go on with our lives.