Some of the gals here on the QB have some nice sayings under their comments. Just look at the pages. One I copied down was: "I made quilts as fast as I could to keep my family warm, and as pretty as I could to keep my heart from breaking", A pioneer woman's dairy. Another one -"At the quilt bee, one might have learned...how to bring up'
babies, how to mend a cracked teapot, how to take out grease from brocade, how to reconcile absolute decrees and freewill, how to make five yards of cloth answer the purpose of six, and how to put down the Democratic Party" - Harriett Beecher Stowe. Another - "No matter how simple or traditional a pattern, the effect of a quilt is still absolutely original because no two people handle fabric and color the same way." - Beth Gutcheon Another one - "When I'm gone, ain't nobody goin' to think o' the floors I've swept...but when one of my grandchildren or great-grandchildren sees one o' these quillts, they'll think of Aunt Jane and wherever I am then, I'll know I'm not forgotten.: - Eliza Calvert Hall, Aunt Jane of Kentucky. Another - "I have found nothing so desirable for summer covers as the old-fashioned scrap quilt of which our Mothers were so proud. Every girl should piece one at least to carry away to her husband's house. And if her lot happens to be cast among strangers, the quilt, when she unfolds it, will seem like the face of a familiar friend, bringing up a host of memories...too sacred to intrude upon." - Annie Curd, Good Housekeeping 1888