Be Dazzled
May 2019

The star of this quanket is the zebra fabric blocks which are alternated with a medley of grey blocks. The zebra fabric represents zebras not only as black and white – or white and black 😉 – but also as rainbow striped.

When my kids were little, they enjoyed the poems of Shel Silverstein, and this particular poem is representative of many of the thoughts I had while creating this quilt, and thinking about those rainbow zebras. The message that I took from the poem and the rainbow zebras is that we are all different, and that’s okay! We should respect each person’s choices and individuality, and not question what makes them tick. We shouldn’t worry about what others choose to do with their lives. The only thing that matters, is what we do with ours, and to make it as dazzling as we possibly can!

Zebra Question
~ by Shel Silverstein
I asked the zebra
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Are you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
Are you noisy with quiet times?
Or are you quiet with noisy times?
Are you happy with some sad days?
Or are you sad with some happy days?
Are you neat with some sloppy ways?
Or are you sloppy with some neat ways?
And on and on and on and on
And on and on he went.
I’ll never ask a zebra
About stripes
Again.

This was donated to the County of Ventura, Children & Family Services for a child in foster care in August, 2019.