Price of Fabric
09-28-2011, 08:55 AM
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We all have felt the pinch of the increasing prices of fabric. Well, here is a little perspective I found this morning. I picked up the book "The Civil War Diary Quilt" and randomly opened to page 250. Here is what I read:
"...Her father often brought them supplies, as she wrote on November 18, 1863, 'Father went on a shopping excursion yesterday, bought a piece of very pretty plaid linsey for twelve dollars a yard and some other woolen stuff for seven, he brought home a piece of bleached cotton for mother to look at, it is coarse and very thin, price nine dollars per yard! The cheapest thing was a paper of needles only a dollar and a half."
Makes me thankful.
"...Her father often brought them supplies, as she wrote on November 18, 1863, 'Father went on a shopping excursion yesterday, bought a piece of very pretty plaid linsey for twelve dollars a yard and some other woolen stuff for seven, he brought home a piece of bleached cotton for mother to look at, it is coarse and very thin, price nine dollars per yard! The cheapest thing was a paper of needles only a dollar and a half."
Makes me thankful.
09-28-2011, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
that is why clothing was made to LAST..it got restructured, handed down etc. BUT it was MADE to last!
09-28-2011, 10:26 AM
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In my civil war quilting class we also get lecture on life during that time frame. Needles were so valuable that often they were part of a woman's diary for when she got money. Fabric, needles and thread were very scarce. I love the class (on my 3rd one now) and I love the teacher and learning about the past because I didn't pay that much attention when I was in school. Back then I thought why do I need to know this stuff from the past; now that I'm older I want to know this stuff from the past
09-28-2011, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by romanojg
In my civil war quilting class we also get lecture on life during that time frame. Needles were so valuable that often they were part of a woman's diary for when she got money. Fabric, needles and thread were very scarce. I love the class (on my 3rd one now) and I love the teacher and learning about the past because I didn't pay that much attention when I was in school. Back then I thought why do I need to know this stuff from the past; now that I'm older I want to know this stuff from the past
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