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Feb. 23, 1952icre in. nt job. gested♦o type-;as he i n* busi- ■ 3p yourjunior tg man lining lyg moreis be -juniorrrrprattle the fastest. Community news is brought up to date, the newest recipes are discussed, little Johnnie's cleverest remarks repeated, and the Stork’s nextvisit predicted. Snuff boxes are passed a mom? the older women, while cigarette cases are used by the young ladies. Here customs, new and old, meet.The end of the quilting and the ;end of the day taper out together. Now there remains only the bind-i ing of the quilt to be done and another heirloom is added t% the chestThe more unusual and intricate „ ^ the design, the more likely it is toBAILEY, N. C. Country town, j become an heirloom in reality, and surrounding communities do | Most mothers have prized quilts not discard old customs and ideas; that have been handed down fromQUILTINGSi plead- too readily. One of these customs execu- still prevailing is quiltings. Dating 9^-anv- back, back — way back, quiltings aore or have not entirely surrendered to /o life- modern innovations. An advertise-modelv ment by one of the town's nier-junior chants in this month’s Bailey Bu«past generations and that they in | turn have designated for Mary ! or John. Until an occasion demands ] a display of these quilts, it is hard! to believe that there are so many j old and beautiful quilts stored in ; the chests of any communitygle, the school’s newspaper and the ; a Community Pair held here aschools community’s only medium of ad- j few years back led to an exhibit of nri nnrii vertismg, is proof of this fact, these quilts wiiljunior in theCOMferenct clara tilt;I Umstei ; mulgat|Januai 1 more ! somew ! his co trcatm ■ are fo j only t j SCHi i make first p! forms;the S( crease pupil 1 cial m al edm his co er lea school RO A lie rof Olive positio — for seconc ruralnd and; verusing. is jwuui ui uie«e quins with prizes going to the= inninr'■ The advertisement reads: For sale oldest, quilt, the most unusual in-—a supply of smooth, combed design, and the best needlework, quilting cotton. No booth attracted more attention,nresent 1 Winter months have always been | inherent in every mother is ■nme a!considered the time of year that something of the European dowrywiul the thrifty housewife checked over idea as far as quilts go. Custom ize as **! her supply of bed linens, quilts, j says $he must give her daughters and blankets. The modern White dicJ Sales of January are but an expan-sion of this old idea. The time wasevery wife listederei juniorleet toenthelike that nearlyamonft the respected housekeeper- inn. ers of the community made one 'or two quilts during the year andrn imd; invited her friends in to help with the bride’s family, each relives her ed for jnentivp : the quilting. Today there are still i drportarat marriage a number of quilts. Both I enough for one bed at least. Many compl mothers have the same idea about bonds their responsibility to their sonsj AGI when they announce their intention j deals of marrying. ial sitiIf there are any maiden aunts in i a mencecutive .ymerits j e house;•del car.! r execu-1 : to his m’t we; ribbons.; rm will; nobody: written ■ ibbons. will be tail*, and ome and )awn hisearns as she sees the young • vation housewives who follow this same bride filling her ‘'hope chest”. SuchjMarke custom. •' was the case when three of m.viFarmFor the next two or three; aunts learned of our wedding. J Produmonths friends will occasionally be j Each one gave me quilts that had j Ruralasked to join other friends in a ; boen a part of their hope chest nev-; and tclay’s quilting. The invitation will; or used. One was a log design ; gram;of lovely, warm woolen colors; an-|the X other, a diamon design, each dia-jsuppc mond made up of tiny little brilli-j pande ant colored diamonds; and anoth-be gladly received by many women, for fingerwork has an irre-sistable fascination for those women gifted with the use of needleand thread This is one of the rea-; er, a patch - work effect wich red sons women today turn their artis-; predominating. One of thesebeing a ve. One just thetic talent into designing quilt squares during the indoor - temperature days and long wintry evenings. No tobacco to grade, gaV-dens to hoe. tobacco beds to “Pick”, and life weather not yet favorable for housecleaning, thewife finds time to do some of those things her heart longs to do. Ifaunts, 82 years old at the time, offered to make me a Japanese fan quilt out of velvet scraps if 1 would get other scraps to add to her pile. Old hats and velvet dresses and jackets were brought j treat out of the attic, riped up. cleaned, j tivitif steamed, and pressed. Within six months she had made the quilt.He sp for N better living phasij separ Nos. and rt:rshe be the domestic type, she often each section of the fan a different gets out those scraps she has been color, yet. the whole effect a pic-adding to and brings to life a quilt ture of lovely blended colors. Eachpattern tucked back in her me- fan is feathered stitched in color, rnory toi many a year. It’s a yield-! no two decorative stitches exactly ing to that age - old impulse to ere-] alike. It’s one of the prettiestate. To some women this creation j quilts I have ever seen, and IRE item opme “Nati No. f in ni( ly de sourc andof design and color brings the same ] was the proudest of brides to own | prominner satisfaction that oils and paints, ribbon and flowers, dress material and scissors bring to another.The quilt top completed, theit and the others too!Some how I. too. have come to feel that these quilts are not mine to carelessly use but that they must be preserved. No children orhousewife has an opportunity to ex-] grandchildren to pass them on to,of thf atten and 1 prod i HEcontiihibit another of her gifts, the artji*m bolding them for another gen-jsupptof entertaining. She sets a day \ eration.and invites her friends in for a \ An aunt by marriage, who at the; quilting. The quilt frames are set-; time of her visit with us was 92 ; up in the largest room in the \ years of age, asked to see my | house, emptied of much of its fur-: quilts. Upon seeing the one of dia-I niture., (One woman in our town re- j mond design, she inquired who j cently turned her attic into a room j gave it to us. When told it’ was large enough to hold the quilt and; Aunt Sarah, Aunt Sally smiled the invited guests. and said. “I thought I recognized; If it’s to be an all - day affair, it”. She then told how as a bridethe hostess prepares her best menti0f sixteen* she was working on that for the occasion and stores away quip, when her first baby was born.in the refrigerator a special dish or drink to serve those who come for the afternoon only.To begin with, chairs are set onCarethat to m funds HeStatelarlyexamcoverhavepubliMIwithtreatWitharethelinestheirall four sides of the quilt.To begin with, chairs set on all four sides of quilt. With chalkdrawn i n vi ting one to follow trails, needles and thread on the quilt top within one’s reach, all take their thimbles from pockets or purse and the “race” begins. a race to see which side can be ready to roll first, whose quilting will be pointed out as the most1 v— perfect;, and whose tongue can“Sarah”, she said, “came to see me and I offered the incompleted squares to her if she would finish^the s them.” Seventy, years later the j ment recognition of that quilt brought back wonderful memories that her face and the animated tones used in telling the story revealed and added another chapter to the story of my quilts.Although Portuguese law requires the people to wear shoes, many sometimes go barefoot in that country.undeInstitandporttentsin nevictucandtrendra thlt; STT R U TFRED R. DASHERCivil EngineerLAND SURVEYING AND MAPSDIAL 2-3804Though all the winds of doctrine upon the earth .so Truth be in the by licensing and prohibiting, to m her and Falsehood grapple: who the worse in a free and open encTRUTH IS A PARTNER OF
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Rocky Mount Evening Telegram
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, US
Sat, Feb 23, 1952
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