My husband and I visited the LSU Rural Life Museum today. There was a small quilt show, and I did take pictures of a couple of quilts, but even more interesting to me were the old sewing machines and other textile artifacts.
You can also visit the museum website here
http://appl027.lsu.edu/rlm/rurallifeweb.nsf/index
loom
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one of the sewing machines
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thread case with thread still in it
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one of my favorites....old sign in store
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