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Pearl Ann Gooding, Wainwright, Alberta
 Three Apples Fell
Every year I have done a block with some form of this fabulous story opening. 'Three Apples Fell from heaven, one for the story, one for the storyteller and one for the storylistener - and then again as a closing -Three Apples Fell from heaven, one for the storyteller, one for the storylistener and one for the one who passed it on. '
My husband is Greek and in many of his childhood storybooks, this saying begins and ends the stories. I loved it and adopted as part of my storytelling early in my career. I love the fact, that if you know the saying and most storytellers do, that you don't even have to have a word, you just need three apples, or a falling apple [ and you just assume that 2 more are coming], or even a tree with a blush of red somewhere in it and already the beginning of the story has started for you.
I am a quilter at heart. [I didn't fall far from the tree as my mother is an avid quilter and I learned to love the design and stitching working at her side]. My favorite quilts are those that are made from scrap materials. It always
makes me feel great when I have created something beautiful from nothing. So in strip piecing, I designed the apples and tree from a variety of scrap materials that 'overflow' my sewing room drawers and cupboards.
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