August 24, 2026
Tag: Quilt batting
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Quilts for a Cause
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“Gun Boat Quilt” was a term given to the raffle quilts made by southern women in order to finance the building of gun boats needed during the Civil War to protect the ports of the southern states and the shipping lanes in and out of southern harbors. This is part of the story.
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September 15, 2024 3 Comments
Each day of a week in February 1931, the adult daughter of Olive Muffley writes a message to her mother on a Tuck’s postcard. The words are memorable for they bring to life the art of Harry Payne. Mother and daughter love winter, and the scenes of man and beast or farm and field under the snows of winter, generate memories of snowflakes that glitter like a diamond in the sun.