BSKTLOFR-QUILTER

When we were in AZ last year, we saw the cotten gin and fields. Quite interesting. Thanks for sharing.

suzee

At first glance I thought it was a marshmallow farm ;') LOL

edensgaite

My Grandmother told me that after a field was picked, she would go back and pick the cotton that was left behind and make her own quilt batt from the left over cotton, seeds and all. That was back in the depression days when money was scarce. She said that making quilts for her doctor is how she paid for him to deliver her 8 children.

libbiebean

Gosh - loved the pictures. I've chopped, hoed, and picked many a field. Hated picking the most - could never get my bag full.

Luv Quilts and Cats

Nice pictures! Looks like a good crop!

nannya54

How fun to see these pictures! You hear stories of how the hands of the people picking the cotton were so scratched up, now you can see why. Those pods have sharp points. Now machines do it. I understand that cotton fields are inching their way north. The weather pattern is changing. Good post!

Yooper32

Just imagine the ingenuity that man had to figure out a piece of machinery to do all the steps that a cotton gin does. Was it Eli Whitney? Seems like I remember that name associated with the cotton gin. Anyhow, I applaud whoever it was.

Clarice29

I loved the pictures. We have been to Florida a few times but never saw any real cotton fields or the bales. Up here we have potato fields and corn fields, et.
Thanks for sharing.

Scraps

Enjoyed your pictures. We saw the cotton fields on our last trip back from Michigan to Florida, but have never seen the bales of cotton. At first glance it does resemble snow. Thanks for sharing.

LindaDeeter

Thanks for those wonderful pictures!! My Dad worked in a cotton field in north Texas and they went to a country school to hire teens to work in the fields ... that's where he met my Mom! They were married 53 years & had 9 children! :)