Tales Of A Fourth Generation Textile Executive: Just One More Reason To Keep Quilting, Sewing & Crafting!

Happy Monday

I hope that your team won the Super Bowl. If not, better luck next year. Assuming that all my readers are hung over from all the football, greasy food, chips & dips, betting pools, amazing commercials and perhaps alcohol (but I would guess that my readers aren’t drinkers, or are they?), I am going to delve in to a short and sweet blog that won’t mess too much with your hangover.

This past week I was reading the very reputable (note sarcasm) New York Post on the train ride in to New York City to work. I came across a short article called Warding Off Dementia based on a report from the JAMA Neurology Journal. The part that caught my attention was the conclusion that senior citizens benefit from simple activities to keep their brains sharp. Lo and behold, one of those activities listed to keep the brain sharp was craft making. This would include: arts & crafts, quilting and sewing. Amen to that! Just another of the many reasons why our great industry will not be going away any time soon!

Anyway, have a great week. I am going to be taking a day off from blogging next week as I will be at the VDTA show in Vegas. Please come visit me at booth 855 if you plan on attending.

Until Next Time,

This is Scott Fortunoff signing off

One Comment

Joanne Hubbard

February 6, 2017 at 10:25 am

I had a number of people forward articles to me in the few last week that says the same thing. Of course many of the messages sent to me included a personal note saying “nice’ things like, “Based on the amount of sewing and quilting you do, you’ll never going to be senile – just old.” Or my personal favorite, “Joanne, this is great news for you! Since you’ve been quilting for a while, you’ve got a head start on a bunch of us. Did you know about this when you were young, and that’s why you dove in to quilting so hard and deep?” Gee, I’m so honored and thrilled to have such loving friends. 🙂

Have a wonderful and successful time at the VDTA show. I look forward to hearing about it in an upcoming blog.

Joanne Hubbard

February 6, 2017 at 10:25 am

I had a number of people forward articles to me in the few last week that says the same thing. Of course many of the messages sent to me included a personal note saying “nice’ things like, “Based on the amount of sewing and quilting you do, you’ll never going to be senile – just old.” Or my personal favorite, “Joanne, this is great news for you! Since you’ve been quilting for a while, you’ve got a head start on a bunch of us. Did you know about this when you were young, and that’s why you dove in to quilting so hard and deep?” Gee, I’m so honored and thrilled to have such loving friends. 🙂

Have a wonderful and successful time at the VDTA show. I look forward to hearing about it in an upcoming blog.