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Stories Told Around the Quilting Frame

Stories Told Around the Quilting Frame Jamie Griggs Tevis Appalachian Heritage, Volume 27, Number 4, Fall 1999, pp. 29-33 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1999.0010 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/435533/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 19:59 GMT from JHU Libraries Stories Told Around the Quilting Frame Jamie Griggs Tevis The women in my family have always made quilts: heavy quilts to keep the beds warm on cold winter nights, lighter quilts for summer and fancy quilts to express creativity. They saved scraps from homemade dresses and such, cutting and fitting them into a pattern until it was large enough to cover a bed. On the floor they laid the top, cotton batting and a backing. The layers of quilt were rolled over one of the poles, supported by wooden horses, and fastened to the other with about a yard left between them where the ladies could reach to do the quilting that held the three layers of fabric and batting together. At this point, the neighbors and sisters gathered around the quilting frame for days of quilting and story telling. Aunts Liza and Mary Lucy, with the help of their thimbles, could go through all the layers. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Stories Told Around the Quilting Frame

Tevis, Jamie Griggs.
Appalachian Review , Volume 27 (4) – Jan 8, 2014
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Jamie Griggs Tevis Appalachian Heritage, Volume 27, Number 4, Fall 1999, pp. 29-33 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1999.0010 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/435533/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 19:59 GMT from JHU Libraries Stories Told Around the Quilting Frame Jamie Griggs Tevis The women in my family have always made quilts: heavy quilts to keep the beds warm on cold winter nights, lighter quilts for summer and fancy quilts to express creativity. They saved scraps from homemade dresses and such, cutting and fitting them into a pattern until it was large enough to cover a bed. On the floor they laid the top, cotton batting and a backing. The layers of quilt were rolled over one of the poles, supported by wooden horses, and fastened to the other with about a yard left between them where the ladies could reach to do the quilting that held the three layers of fabric and batting together. At this point, the neighbors and sisters gathered around the quilting frame for days of quilting and story telling. Aunts Liza and Mary Lucy, with the help of their thimbles, could go through all the layers.

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Published: Jan 8, 2014

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