Sewing With Nancy

When you think of sewing or quilting I'm sure some of the first thoughts, of course are fabric, needle and thread that come to mind. Well, how about adding the noun 'song.' With me today is folk artist, performer, songwriter, Lil' Rev who has a special song in his heart for those of us who sew and quilt. Welcome back to Sewing With Nancy, Rev. Yeah, it's good to be back. You know, we had great comments the last time you were on. It was fun being serenaded. So here you are, back again to sing some more of your historical songs that include quilting. I'm going to start out with one called "The Quilter's Shanty." If you can image, oh, about 100 ladies at a quilting guild singing along your viewers can join us. Their part will be to say "these hand are made for quilting." Okay, sing with me so I'm not the only one. Okay, here we go. Here we go. Oh, hand me down My needle and thread These hands are made For quilting I got crazy patterns In my head These hands are made For quilting This string of cloth Just makes me sing These hands are made For quilting Leftover scraps Are a precious thing These hands are made For quilting Take 25 yards Of a muslin cloth These hand are made For quilting Cost so much more Than I've got These hands are made For quilting Way back in 1933 These hands are made For quilting Squares and strips Were all you'd see These hands are made For quilting So tell your friends To think of me These hand are made For quilting Before they toss Those old blue jeans These hands are made For quilting Well, Rev, this is fun to sing along. This is the end of our 33rd season on Sewing With Nancy and I've never sung on Sewing With Nancy before. What a great way to end the season. You have another song with your acoustic guitar. That's right. I'm going to do one called "They'll Reap what you Sew" S-E-W. Okay, got it. It goes a little something like this. The bees Outside were buzzin' Like a needle Turning thread The sweet caress of fiddles Dance inside my head The acres stood There stoic Like a patchwork quilt So fine The harvest Brought a rainbow 'Twas a crazy Quilt design Plant your seeds On the ground You could hang 'em On the wall Pass it on And they'll grow up strong Build things That won't fall When we go out Reapin' These seeds We have sown Don't think of Just tomorrow For tomorrow It's come and gone Don't think of Just tomorrow For tomorrow It's but a song Well, Nancy, if anything this song should also be dedicated to you for all the years you've inspired us and had the long vision. Well, you're sweet. That makes me feel special. You give presentations to guilds around the country. Tell our viewers the name of your song and dance routine. Songs like this one-- You're not dancing, I know. I'm not dancing this time, not this time. Okay. The show is called "Scraps of Quilting Music." It's a one-man show of history, song, lore, humor and poetry on half a dozen instruments or so. Mostly for museums, quilting guilds and performing art centers. What a great way, I mean to put our craft and art to combine your historical view with music. I really enjoy hearing you and being part of your sing-along. Thank you. Sing a long with Nancy! Well, thanks again, Mark. As we take out the show why don't you strum a little along. You've got it. Okay. Well, if you enjoyed this program of Sewing With Nancy you can watch more online at nancyzieman.com. Or you can watch the first episode and the second episode and a whole bunch of other episodes of Sewing With Nancy but "How to Sew Art" with Tammie. Also, if you click on Nancy's Corner you can connect with Rev and all of our other Nancy's Corner guests. Thanks for joining us on Sewing With Nancy. Thank you, Rev, for being with us. And as I end all of my programs Bye for now.