Great quilting story
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I loved this story of a quilter from a few generations back, Mrs. Bill Stage: http://dscriber.com/front/item/the-g...he-1930s-574-8. To think of doing this beautiful work while living on a homestead and working in fields is amazing to me- and we fuss about finding time and affording materials, etc.! Apparently she made many other quilts as well.
BTW, the photo series is amazing, this is a link to it on the page. Most of these people had virtually nothing and still found ways to have a book club, sunday school, and music lessons for their children! Great story of ingenuity and community spirit.
BTW, the photo series is amazing, this is a link to it on the page. Most of these people had virtually nothing and still found ways to have a book club, sunday school, and music lessons for their children! Great story of ingenuity and community spirit.
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These folks WERE amazing. Makes me think back a week or so when in a grocery store, young family paying for food with food stamps, griping about all they don't have and how hard life is. One of them took the stuff outside while another went back and paid for cigarettes and beer with cash.
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What I actually love about that pic is that the quilt is trailing in the dirt! It was definately meant to be used! How many people would be shocked now-a-days to see a quilt treated like that? I love it! But of course, I just got back from picnicking on one of my quilts, so of course I think it's ok to get them dirty.
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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
These folks WERE amazing. Makes me think back a week or so when in a grocery store, young family paying for food with food stamps, griping about all they don't have and how hard life is. One of them took the stuff outside while another went back and paid for cigarettes and beer with cash.
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