![]() ![]() Margaret’s in Tappahannock on the Rappahannock. And you could write to Vogue at that time and get from their directory a listing of whatever they recommended particularly in the fashion field. It was also the only school in the south with a fashion department that was recommended by Vogue’s school directory. It was when I went to it a part of William and Mary. Any woman who thought she could appliqué and probably couldn’t did a butterfly quilt.ĬH: Tops, blocks, odds and ends, anything that will make up into a quilt.ĬH: My background is in fashion and I studied at what is now VCU in Richmond. It’s all something that was never done before or after and the butterfly design was everywhere. The feed sacks, the terrible black buttonhole stitching. LR: And why is this particular quilt special to you?ĬH: It’s typical 30’s in every sense. ![]() So that’s where feed sacks came into life. I’m basically a maker of clothing, not quilts. So she liked them better than this starchy stiff fabrics off the bolt, but at seven years old she went from a one feed sack size to a two feed sack size so he had to get matching ones. They were all designed by women I understand and they just turned out I don’t know how many hundred, somebody is keeping as much of a record of it as they can in North Carolina and they remember, I remember they’re appearing in the late 30’s perhaps or maybe mid 30’s and my father bought his feed in these printed feed sacks and when my daughter was born he gave these to me as he would get them and they made the cutest little dresses for her and they’re very soft like linen. What is the history of feed sacks in quilting?ĬH: So far as I know feed sacks in prints were only manufactured by a company called Bemis Bags in Minnesota and they must have had, of course it was the 30’s and everybody was poor, they must have had a million artists whose work they could tap to get the designs for the feed sacks. I had to take the blocks apart and restitch them because they were not well done shall we say, and I was lucky to find at the quilt museum to matching feed sacks to make the border and I had another feed sack I could cut up for the binding. And they’re on muslin, very heavy muslin but could not have been hand quilted for which reason I had it machine quilted. I bought the blocks in Vermont and some of them are feed sack and they were in the usual fashion, buttonhole stitched in black, for no reason known to anyone. So Carter, tell me about the quilt that you brought with you today.Ĭarter Houck (CH): Okay, it’s one of my remade 1930’s quilts. – Save Our Stories, a project of The Alliance for American Quilts, and I’m here with Carter Houck and we are in her home in Charlottesville, Virginia. and I am conducting an interview for the Quilters’ S.O.S. Today’s date is Novemand it is 10:38 A.M. If interested in joining, please submit the bee request form and the Bee Keeper or a Bee contact will be in touch.Le Rowell (LR): My name is Le Rowell.Any Ocean Waves member is invited to join a bee, especially new members, as it gives you an opportunity to meet other quilters and to ask questions.They are a great way to get to know other members/quilters. The groups socialize, work on projects together, teach one another and just have fun.Bees are small group meetings of members, that usually meet monthly, to share their passion and interest in quilts.Ocean Waves has 17 established Bees in various Sussex County areas. Submit form and payment to the Membership Co-Chairs - Mary Shepherd at a guild meeting or by mail to Mary Shepherd, 37520 Golden Eagle Blvd, Lewes, DE 19958. ![]() Please make checks payable to Ocean Waves Quilt Guild.ģ.
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