“The History of Quilting in America and Modern Quilts”. The modern section is when I show and talk about quilts that I’ve created. The quilts are either the result of classes I’ve taken or sometimes I’ve taught myself, such as “origami” (Asian art of folded designs)....
America Stitches Quilts into History
This chapter provides a brief overview of the history of women’s health and the array of factors that have played a central role in shaping it. First, it presents a background describing gender-based disparities in health care. It then discusses the cultural context in which women have been...
Whitney was 17-years-old in July of 1842; Smith was 36. By accounts an exceptionally attractive girl, she was also the daughter of prominent Mormon parents. When Smith approached Newel Whitney to ask for his daughter’s hand, he came with a written proclamation—written, that is, in the ...
It was a fine afternoon, and the winter sun was like a warm silk quilt, wrapped in the warm world of the host. Make this wealth story more thought-provoking! I am a Chinese complex. When she spoke, she had a natural smile, which seemed to be not being interviewed, but was having ...
The study into quilt history is a rapidly growing area of research in American history: the important role women played in our history; domestic life in the 18th-20 centuries; development of the textile industry in the Asia, India, Europe and America; the purpose for making quilts; their pa...
If you want to see one of the oldest quilt in the world, head to London. The Tristan Quilt, housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum, was created in Italy during the mid 1300s and depicts the romance of Tristan and Isolde stitched into a linen base. ...
Whether you call it a melting pot, a patchwork quilt, or an ethnic stew, America is like no other place in the world because of the remarkable diversity of its population. All of the ethnic groups that arrived on America's shores brought their own cultures, languages, foods, holidays, and...
ofAbraham Lincoln asPresident of the UnitedStates was fast approaching and his wife, Mary ToddLincoln, was in a bit of apickle due to a coffee stainon the dress she had planned to wear to the event.Needing another dress in ahurry she turned to one ofher Washington acquain-tances, Mrs...
(Source: Pioneer History of Orleans County, Arad Thomas, 1872) By Catherine Cooper, Orleans County Historian “Illuminating Orleans” – Volume 5, Number 3 This is a sketch of the first courthouse building in Albion as it appeared in 1840. (Landmarks of Orleans County) ...