Who’s Who in Pieced Together Quilters-Rosa Martinez and Patricia Martinez

Rosa (Rose) and Patricia Martinez – our sisters -  are always together. They grew up in Lima Peru. Rosa and her husband came first then Patricia and her spouse moved to the US. Both women lost their husbands in 1995, six months apart. That was such a difficult year. Our sisters had a hard time adapting to living alone. They are so thankful they had each other.

Patricia wanted to be a teacher when she was a young girl. Her mother thought she was weird for teaching to empty chairs on the patio. Too cute! Rosa is elder by 11 years.  Rose is the oldest of four and Patricia is the youngest.  They have one other sister, Miriam,  – who is currently visiting from Peru.

They began quilting four year ago in Kathy Honeycutt’s class. They took baby beginner’s on Thursday and then moved to Monday. Patricia said it was a privilege to lean from Kathy – it gave them both a great start. 

Rosa doesn’t remember what she wanted to be when she grew up but was a great student. She loved to sew when she was young. She bought fabric at the supermarket and made clothes by hand.

Rosa has seven children, two of whom live in California. The other five children are in Lima Peru. All are married and currently she has 20 grandchildren, but today one more girl is joining the family. Her son’s wife is in the hospital as we speak scheduled for a C-Section.

Patricia has four children, and one grandson. Only her daughter is married. Edin is five years old and he was one year old when Alejandra and Camebmon adopted him from Guatemala. Let’s just say grandmother is thrilled!

Rosa and Patricia are property managers for the same company and live one block away from each other. Rosa goes to visit Patricia in her pajamas every Sunday and it is a special day…no work and obviously no adult clothes. They do visit every other day too but they wear clothes those days.

Patricia never wanted to sew but Rosa kept insisting she join her at quilt class. One day Rosa brought sister to Kathy’s class. She secretly paid the tuition and showed up at Patricia’s house to bring her to San Lorenzo Adult School.   Patricia was astounded by the beautiful things that were shared. From that day, she began sewing EVERY DAY~

I love seeing these girls together and envy their close sisterhood. Thank you for sharing your story with me.