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Old 12-29-2010, 10:48 AM
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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.
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Old 12-29-2010, 10:53 AM
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Very interesting.
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Old 12-29-2010, 11:02 AM
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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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Old 12-29-2010, 01:05 PM
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That was an amazing generation. My grandmother supplemented her $40 a month Social Security by selling totally handmade quilts. She was still at it at 104 years old up until ten days before she died.
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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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yep amazing how spoiled we are! I taught traditional piecing by hand out in the Alaska bush were they had NO electricity in their villages and still it all the OLD fashioned way..it was great fun!
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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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DO NOT get me started on the subject of porch sitters! I do live in rural Oklahoma and could tell you some stories!
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thanks for the story
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Old 12-30-2010, 06:33 AM
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Excellent. Makes us stop and think.
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Thank you for sharing.
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