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    Old 01-17-2012, 09:57 AM
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    That is really neat! Imagine finding someone else's "To Do" list. I wonder if she ever got them done?
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    Old 01-17-2012, 11:45 AM
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    thank you for sharing this information. This was a great blast to the past. Makes me wonder:
    Couldn't we have thought that quilters would save everything? If we think about the scrappy quilts made from anything fabric, wouldn't they have saved their tools, patterns, templates, etc? Now we have proof that we are just living up to the examples of our foremothers.
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    Old 01-17-2012, 01:39 PM
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    Thanks for sharing! Always fun to discover the hidden treasures that previous owners left.
    The one pattern with the templates of triangle and trapezoid looks doable and fun.
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    Old 01-17-2012, 02:10 PM
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    Red face What a great find

    Looks like some that I have that were original Kansas City Star patterns. The Kansas City Star would feature a new quilt pattern in the paper each week (I think it was that frequent). I inherited mine from my GGM and GM.

    Enjoy them.
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    Old 01-17-2012, 02:45 PM
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    If you want to see more, Google "Laura Wheeler" quilt patterns. Much out there.
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    Old 01-17-2012, 07:59 PM
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    Very neat find! Makes me wonder if the former owner made any quilts from the pattern ideas.
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    Old 01-17-2012, 08:03 PM
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    Newspapers actually did offer patterns in the earlier days. I have a series of Mother Goose, Nursery Rhymes plus standard quilt blocks. I have seen one of a roly poly animal series that I would like to find someday although I don't know why because I already have too many WIP. Also, a series with bell shaped pieces like Little Red Riding Hood's cloak, Boy Blue's haystack, etc. Maybe someone will do a book someday showing these.
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    Old 01-18-2012, 06:46 AM
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    I have two 3" binders full of old newspaper quilt ad clippings I have collected over the years. Also two binders full of stories torn out of quilt magazines (before I toss them) of past quilters to present quilters, nationally known to local quilters, all in page protectors. I love to sit and go over the photos and read about these quilters' work and their backgrounds. A midwest farm magazine has a monthly ad for quilt patterns/books that I clip each month before I give it to my farmer husband!

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    Old 01-18-2012, 06:56 AM
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    What a find. I would be so excited to find those and I would really try to reproduce them. I am a "30's" quilt lover and it is simply exciting to see what you found. I have several books where the author has reproduced the old newspaper patterns. I have a few very old patterns made from a Montgomery Ward bag and cardboard (Butterfly and Sunbonnet Sue) One of these days I will make them..especially the butterfly.
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    Old 01-18-2012, 08:00 AM
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    I have a National portable sewing machine. Beautiful sound to the quiet motor and it stitches perfectly. I don't have any drawers to discover extras on this one -- just entertained by running across anything about "National" brand sewing machine.
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