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@mariannegrey7434
6 ай бұрын
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@jodiely7983
9 ай бұрын
I loved the story of the woman and horse sled with her children wrapped up in quilts. If her children weren’t welcome she stayed home…what an amazing mother 😊
@virginia7191
9 ай бұрын
As a quilter, this is fascinating! It brings back memories of my brothers and sisters and I sharing one big bed, covered with quilts made by my great aunt. She would go to the “dump”, bring back any old clothes or other fabric, wash it and make patchwork quilts for us. I became a quilter because of her. I would give anything for one of her quilts now. She passed away 40 years ago at the age of 94.
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
Love those memories 😊
@sandysmith8567
9 ай бұрын
In the early eighties, my young family had just moved into town, and I went next door to introduce myself to an elderly couple. At the back door, there was a Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt folded up on the porch floor. I told her the quilt was beautiful. She showed me where it had torn and said she'd put it there for her cat to nap on. A few days later, here came Nelly with the washed quilt tucked under her arm as a gift. Nelly was the true gift and taught me how to quilt.❤
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
Sweet!
@trevawilson5086
9 ай бұрын
My Granny made a lot of her quilts with flour sacks. So beautiful! Thanks for the memories ❤
@debluetailfly
9 ай бұрын
My Mom and Grandma did too. They also used fabric from old skirts and dresses; they had more fabric when skirts were longer.
@thelkabibb3774
9 ай бұрын
I remember going to my grandma's and sleeping in her feather bed with a layer after layer of quilts it was so heavy I could hardly move. Grandma made her own quilts and they were beautiful. Wow such good memories.
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
Love those memories 😊
@justanonymous5681
9 ай бұрын
Thank you Tipper for reading to us about the history of quilting. We certainly have it easy today compared to what our ancestors had to go through just to stay warm. So much to be thankful for!! 😊
@Rowsey63
9 ай бұрын
My mother’s maiden name is Blevins. She was born in Nolan, WV which is right along the WV & KY border. Thanks for reading this. ❤
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
Love that 😊
@joanndeland7969
9 ай бұрын
Loved hearing the history of quilts .Makes us all appreciate our warm home s .
@marybethbowers5620
9 ай бұрын
I have a quilt my mother made around 1940 it hangs on my wall . I love quilting but I don’t quilt I do however crochet and I love it. I was bedridden in second grade for a couple of weeks so mother taught me how to crochet and I’ve been doing it ever since. Thank you for sharing love hearing your readings.
@mehtarelingolien
9 ай бұрын
That description of the traveller sleeping on the upstairs loft admiring all the draped quilts to block weather from coming in made me think of rooms/tents decorated with Middle Eastern fabrics. The fact that he described the experience as 'roya' really brought that to my mind.
@sagehollow3349
9 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for this reading. I enjoyed it so much! As a matter of fact, I was cutting out a quilt while I was listening to this. This quilt isn't for a bed but for my one wall. I live in a house built in West Virginia in 1935. I don't think there is any insulation in the walls. So I will be adding this quilt to the wall to keep some of the cold out. I feel so connected to my adopted state after listening to these stories.
@debluetailfly
9 ай бұрын
Irwin's books should be in everyones library.
@higheraimhomestead5293
9 ай бұрын
Our grandchildren sleep on pallets now. There are beds for them, but they all like to be together. I have Papaw's bedstead and some of Mamaw's quilts. They are surely treasured!.. Bedstead is a term that is not heard much anymore. Mamaw would cover us with so many quilts it was hard to breath. Her quilts were made with anything. Anyone's old clothes or old curtains. She also made strip quilts. They were probably faster to make. I have really enjoyed this reading, it has brought up so many good memories of conversations with Momma! I cut up an old tattered quilt and made Christmas stockings for our children and grandchildren this year. Thank you for sharing! It was wonderful!
@jodigregory
9 ай бұрын
This reading couldn’t have come at a better time. I recently started making barn quilts and have been studying on making traditional, hand-stitched quilts. I am also very proud to own a quilt made by my great-grandmother. 😊
@jacquelineraines2074
9 ай бұрын
One Christmas I got a Thumbelina doll with a wind-up key in the back. When I wound her up she would wiggle around like a newborn baby. I took it to my grandma's to share with her. A few months later, Grandma gave me a doll sized quilt for my babyl I still have the quilt and my doll. I just could never part with it.
@alannagilmore8982
7 ай бұрын
My mother was a seamstress and I would quilt blankets and pillows for my dolls from her scraps ,sure wish I had saved some of them now I have a daughter of my own..
@DF4Trap
9 ай бұрын
My Wife and I often frequent thrift stores. We look for old items which are no longer supplied. I started looking at quilts, and my Wife asked what I was doing, as she gave me an odd look. I had to explain that I had listened to your youtubes. She answered, oh. Then, she proceeded to school me on the subject. I, as most, grew up using quilts but never really gave them much thought. I now have a new found respect for them. Thank you for sharing.
@lynnclark4208
9 ай бұрын
I stayed all night with my Grama, and she decided she wanted me in the room with her. She fixed me a feather-bed pallet on the floor by her bed. When you mentioned a pallet, it reminded ded me of Grama. Brought quite a smile to my ❤. 😊 Thank you, Tipper!!!
@HHeirloomIA
9 ай бұрын
I love this book. My Mom was an avid quilter, her 3 daughters and their children all own several quilts all made by her. We all need to keep history alive by reading and sharing. Thank you❤
@paxtonhicks7985
9 ай бұрын
I'm 70yrs old but I remember my grandmother an neighbors coming overi was about 8yrs old they put up some kind of wooden hangers from the living room ceiling they would have theses pretty cloth patterns an I would crawl under the big cloth an watch there needles go in an out sowing the patterns on it they would make some of the beautiful quilts I ever saw an listening to wonderful stories of them growing up an making there first quilts I'm glad I remembered that thanks for ur story that's why I remembered God Bless u all
@lindareinking5326
9 ай бұрын
Very interesting. The creativity of people when something is needed was pure genius. ❤❤
@Drewiduation
9 ай бұрын
This history is so important; I am so grateful that it is carried on and preserved for future generations. I still have the quilts my granny and aunts made for me, and I reckon I’ll pass them down to my children It was awesome to hear you read this history ! Thank you !!😀😀
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
So glad you are enjoying it 😊
@debbieepperly3821
9 ай бұрын
I love the stories of quilts! I remember mama saying when she was growing up, about 3 girls slept in each bed upstairs in their old house. Same with her brothers. She would talk about going to bed and being able to look at the sky thru cracks in the ceiling! In the winter, she said they would all wake up with a coating of snow on top of their warm quilts her mama had made. I think I told you about her making a quilt for the 4 of us kids. So relaxing listening to you read. We're supposed to be getting some wintry mix starting soon. By 4am supposed to get worse. Mostly sleet, freezing rain & some snow!! I'm thankful for having a warm home & bed. One of our bonus grandsons is staying here with me tonight in case he needs to build a fire. He's very good at it at 17 yrs old & I'm thankful he's here! Hugs & blessings to all y'all from VA! 🫶
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
Thank you Debbie!!
@jodiely7983
9 ай бұрын
I forgot until you did your recap at the end, but the story of quilts hanging from the ceiling made me think. It would be so easy for a spark from the fire or a candle to catch those quilts on fire. Yikes! Also, we hung a blanket in our stairwell to the second floor in winter time to keep the heat from leaving the main living area. Upstairs were only two bedrooms and the quilts and blankets made for cozy sleeping, but cold for waking up!
@ReplantedTexan
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this history. The little church in Texas where I grew up had a ladies' quilting group. I treasure a Dutch Doll quilt that both my grandmothers had a hand in quilting🧵❤
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
So glad you enjoy it!
@ggpitt1
7 ай бұрын
My father pastored a small church in a small North Texas town and the ladies would meet and quilt in the basement. How I would have loved to hear their conversations as they stitched the day away.
@hattiecolley54
9 ай бұрын
Thank u Tipper. So Special of U to Share those Beautiful Readings with us. I remember My Mother and Godmother Quilting, and I also remember her laying my Sister and Brother on the Quilted Sleigh while she Picked Cotton and did her Gardening. As I think about now after hearing u readings all I can say is that Mother was a Hard Worker and Determined to get it Done with No Complaints. She was a little Choctaw Indian, only 4'11, but had the strength of a Bull and we Swore she had Eyes in the back of her Head. The Quilts were Beautiful as she and my Godmother turned out one after another. I remember they had this frame that they attached to the Ceiling to assemble them. They served a great Purpose because they kept is very warm and we had nothing but a Fireplace. But, when the Fire died down, it was like living in the Arctic. Thank God we did Not Freeze to Death. I really enjoy ur Reading as they bring back so many Childhood Memories growing up in Rural Mississippi. Thank u so much for sharing, u r a Gem and keep up the great work. I Appreciate All of u. Rock On!
@sonyalytle8972
9 ай бұрын
I absolutely loved this! My Grandmother gave me and my cousin each a handed down quilt, that is made from wool. It is in the crazy quilt style. My cousin and I are the oldest of 17 grandchildren. Thank you reading to us. I myself am a quilter and a lot of time and love goes into each one. God bless.
@johnnyerrington4605
9 ай бұрын
It's so interesting to hear about the history of quilting. My sister puts in a lot of work on her quilts, but it doesn't compare to the work they had to do generations past. ❤🙏
@elizabethhamilton8388
9 ай бұрын
I have slept on many palettes when I was little. My Aunt Mayme had 8kids and when her husband was out of town, working as a lineman across the country, they would all come stay at our house. We all had a wonderful, fun time playing together with our cousins and slept on palettes in our living room. My cousin Angie and I were the same age so we always had a big time together. We would always cry when they had to go home to Tennessee because we knew it would be the next year before we would see them again. Thanks for reading this, Tipper. Brought back sweet memories for me. Hugs from the south east coast of Florida 😎🦩🌞🦩😎
@Suze147
9 ай бұрын
Lookin forward to hear more, my family quilts were made by my mamaw. She was from no Carolina but raised her family in Kentucky. I’m thrilled to own 3 beautiful quilts. She could make clothes without a pattern. Amazing women in those days. I love you channel.
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
So glad you have those treasures 😊 Thank you!
@joybartlett9784
9 ай бұрын
I have seen my Mother use old quilts for batting. She would say this old quilt needs new skin. She is 93 and I just talked to her a few days ago and she was quilting for a new great grandbaby coming in the spring. She has made quilts for all of us and I really treasure mine.
@sandrasmith7091
9 ай бұрын
I'll be 60 this month. Through my adult years lived in older houses. Quilts were my friend. Doors windows. Especially bed. I didn't make any. They were all handed down. Thanks Mom❤
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
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@LikesQuilts
9 ай бұрын
Still loving your reading of this amazing book about the stories and history of our celebrated Appalachian-American quilt making. Thank you for sharing with us. I'm sitting here wrapped up in one of my favorite hand quilted treasures!
@krissyjohnson5551
9 ай бұрын
I remember sleeping on pallets at my grandma's house when we were all there on the weekend and we loved it. She had so many quilts so nobody got cold.
@pamelasonday-swiger8708
9 ай бұрын
My mama made several quilts for women and girls in our family, until she became legally blind. For my quilt, I sewed the patches together, and mama quilted it all together, including a beautiful feather pattern between sections of patches. Any friend, neighbor, or family member who stopped by was invited to put a few stitches in. I've had the quilt for about 35 years, and still have it on my bed. It's had a few small repairs, but is still going strong. Sleeping under it is like being wrapped in mama's arms.
@robinhaupt9119
9 ай бұрын
I hope my quilts are loved and used until they also are no more. Thank you for reading Tipper.
@thomasmccardle725
9 ай бұрын
That wood stove and all that firewood behind you Tipper sure looks good on this cold night, thanks for the read!
@irismania
9 ай бұрын
Oh how I loved this!! The Blevins and York's are part of my family ancestry on my maternal side in Fentress and Scott Counties. The Stewart's and Collins are in my ancestry in Hancock County. I often think of quilting as a lost art. It was my paternal grandmother from Hancock County who taught me how to quilt along with many other useful ways. So many quits I grew up with that were made in Hancock County. One of my most treasured possessions is a double wedding ring quilt my grandmother made by hand in the early 70's from the clothes that myself and siblings grew out of along with some of her worn out dresses. There are so many memories I see in it. I believe it was the last quilt she was able to make. Alex Stewart, what a craftsman he was!!!
@jodiely7983
9 ай бұрын
I love seeing quilts made out of people’s clothes that would be recognized. I’m thinking of doing something with the clothes my mother left behind when she went to the lord
@irismania
9 ай бұрын
@@jodiely7983 You really should. You would cherish it just as if she would too. She'd love that you loved her enough to do something like this. There are all kinds of tutorials online that can help you. I'm getting ready to do the same with the clothes of my two children that I have lost. My daughter is 2014 at the age of 24 and my son in 2021 at the age of 45. I'll treasure sleeping under them.
@ronbass8136
9 ай бұрын
My momma told me when me and my twin brother were little she would put us on a quilt under a shade tree while she, our older brothers and our dad worked in the fields.
@davidhensley76
9 ай бұрын
When I was a little feller my parents moved us into an old house with drafty windows. They hung quilts & sheets over the windows to keep the cold winter out.
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing that David 😊
@Needlewich
9 ай бұрын
Sleeping on palettes was a pretty common thing growing up! And so were those treasured quilts. Can’t imagine making cloth and then making quilts from the cloth. Thanks for reading this Tipper! God bless and much love! 💕🤗🙏🏻
@purplelizard1351
9 ай бұрын
I have a friend who told me when he was a kid he went to visit his grandmother in the winter. He was a skinny boy and when it was time for bed he was shivering so his Grandma put him to bed and she put at least 5 or more big heavy quilts on him and each one was tucked under the mattress. He said he couldn't move because they were so heavy. When it was time to get up he had to yell for help to get out of bed because they were so heavy and tucked so tight under the mattress. He loves quilts & appreciates them so I made one for him.
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
😀glad you enjoyed this one
@mags102755
9 ай бұрын
I have seen some beautiful quilts. But this story describes the history of quilts in a profound way, such that I am being educated as never before.
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
😊 I'm so glad you are enjoying it!
@rhondabutler4172
9 ай бұрын
I am loving this book because I am a lover of quilts. I would love to have a table runner made out of one of my completely worn out quilts. I have used a quilt for a tablecloth. I have heard stories of during the dust bowl here in Oklahoma, that people would wet down sheets to hang over the doors, and the windows to help stop some of the dust from coming inside of their homes. Many people died from dust pneumonia. I would imagine that some people had to use quilts on their doors and windows for this reason.
@Jean-ey6pm
9 ай бұрын
I am a quilter & I can’t even imagine the intense labor involved when you are starting with a plant to even begin the process before it was even a fiber! I am in awe of the level of self discipline these ladies exhibited. Thank you for bringing such a fascinating book to us, a fine selection indeed.
@sandrabritt7640
9 ай бұрын
I love old quilts and have several that my mother gave me many years ago that my grandmothers made...one of the quilts was not in really great shape in several areas...I took a pattern for a 1950's poodle style skirt that I had made my daughters Halloween costume out of and made a Christmas tree skirt that I still use today...I wouldnt take a million dollars for it...I can remember sleeping under so many quilts and army blankets that you couldnt hardly move I have taken a couple of quilting classes and completed 1 quilt...I wint say how many I have started but never finished....sweet memories...thank you Tipper
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
That is wonderful 😊 Thank you!
@lisapop5219
9 ай бұрын
We slept on a pallet every summer growing up. We lived in Detroit in a 2nd floor flat. We had one fan. So mom would sleep on the couch, and we would sleep on the pallet. Of course, we did it every time there was a sleepover or family reunion. We had some quilts but not many by the time I came along. I'm sure that the family had more when they came up from Kentucky in the 30s & 40s. By the time I came along, they were more into knitted and crochet blankets, and it's where I developed a love for the crafts.
@dyanne4246
9 ай бұрын
Love this story! My grandma was a quilter. Such precious memories! I still have some of her quilts and a couple that my other grandmother made
@joanndeland7969
9 ай бұрын
So much interesting history.
@lindahays8444
9 ай бұрын
So much work in making a quilt. And so many life stories. Truly Americana.
@kevinknight470
9 ай бұрын
Thanx for reading Tipper. The Stories reminded Me of My Grandma making Her Quilts from Feed Sacks. She also made Dresses from the Sacks. Her favorite Dress was a Navy Blue with little Yellow Flowers. Her Patch Quilts had beautiful Patches from the Feed Sacks. Thanx for the Memories. 🙂
@rebeccadavis6812
9 ай бұрын
To do all of those things to spin and weave, all of it, before they could actually make a quilt or anything else I suppose is really amazing to think about. We certainly have it easy to think of all of the modern conveniences, resources and services available today too. So many different uses for the worn out old quilts is also very interesting to think about, such creativity and care in thinking those through and not wasting what you had available to you.
@lindamcgee3651
9 ай бұрын
Praying and Blessed! 🤗🙏💕
@LoriCurtiss-xz6xm
9 ай бұрын
Love this story. 2 quilts my Grandmother and Grandaddy made are my most prized material possession. One of the two is so heavy, once you get it on you, there’s no flopping around. Thank you for continuing the stories!!
@joellaeggers5953
9 ай бұрын
I can relate to so much of things you read about the use of quilts from my childhood. Mama made so many quilts and every stitch was hand sewn. Wonderful memories.
@toniwasacha1495
9 ай бұрын
I'm listening to this under two quilts that have been in my family for over 60 years. My grandmother made them and they are cherished.
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
Love that 😊
@ronhall1731
9 ай бұрын
Tipper,.my family helped john rice irwin establish that great walk back in rime.. my brother and i wrote several photo articles fronting this wonderful idea. My favrite place there is the old church. . In the falll homecoming. Oh my fried appple pues from the middle of the field.
@cumberlandquiltchic1
9 ай бұрын
I wish I could have known him! I’ve read his books for years. The oral Histories and photos area treasure. I hope to get to his museum one day. I’ve seen videos where folks go to his museum, but don’t talk about how it all came to be and his efforts. It’s quite a story about how he had a vision.- a man before his time.
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
That is so wonderful!!
@RobertRichey-km2xl
9 ай бұрын
I have some wool coverlets from my grandmother 's family. She was born in 1888 and always remembered them in their family so they were probably made in the 1860s.
@KyDove8
9 ай бұрын
❤❤ Enjoyed. I have a quilt my mom made when I was a baby. She embroidered names in the blocks. One block has my cousin Charlie's name, says 1 year old, same age as me, now 78 this month. Its rather crude but it covered very warmly because of the cotton lining in it. I don't actually need to use it but so warm. Also my mom made tack patchwork quilts in the 70's. I bought one for $20 back then as i had money working in the Shoe Factory in AR. 😊 Patti C
@sharonlesley901
9 ай бұрын
I remember sleeping with two feather ticks one on bottom one on top plus 3 or 4 quilts as a child I could hardly pick the covers up when I was under it. plus there was 3 of us to a bed, and the bed was much smaller then, we didn't get cold until you got out of your cocoon the next morning in a cold house. That was what everyone did in my neck of the woods, Memories can be wonderful things.
@johnnymayo8534
9 ай бұрын
Never knew that quilts had so many uses!! Tks for reading to us!
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
You are so welcome!
@BlessingsfromNorthIdaho
9 ай бұрын
I enjoyed the quilt story. Linen is a wonderful fabric but it took so much work to make it. Modern people don’t realize how precious textiles were before machinery made them. Every now and again I think I’d like to try my hand at making linen but I don’t weave, I spin. Maybe someday if I live long enough, lol. TeresaSue
@janetsmith5665
9 ай бұрын
My uncle was a ' dry goods ' salesman and his sample boards of small squares of different fabric were given to my Grandmother when he got new ones. She would cut them into the desired shapes for whatever pattern she was designing and hand sew the little pieces together with the tiniest neatest stitches I ever saw. When she had her squares sewn she would move to her treadle sewing machine and before our eyes a beautiful quilt top would seem to come to life. In the winter months Grandpa would put up the sawhorses by the stove in the front room with two long boards and she would pull up her little chair and hand quilt for hours. Visitors sat around discussing whatever was going on in their world while Grandma quilted. It was her art and sadly it was a talent that I didn't inherit. I really enjoyed hearing of earlier quilters and the lives of the quilts that they created.
@susandavis1205
9 ай бұрын
I have never made a quilt but have several from people gave me and I love them
@bethmichaud3209
9 ай бұрын
My undivided attention is captivated, as I respectfully learn, about all the determined personalities. I am not a quilter so this written account impresses my imagination.〽🐕The family dog might have claimed the guest's quits for comfort !!!
@tonytherf-mb3dg
9 ай бұрын
I sure would have liked to check out that loft also. It sounds real cozy. There are a lot of different usages for quilts that I never even thought of. Thank you Tipper. ❤❤❤
@Jean-ko4xv
9 ай бұрын
My Grandma on the farm had a feathered bed and the spring would sink down a few inches and it felt like today's hammocks. God Bless. 💛&🙏'ers for Granny. Jean
@nedflora1154
9 ай бұрын
My grandmother was a quilter. I have three or four full size she made. I have a runner on my dresser. And when I was a boy, maybe 1977 or '78, my mom thought my brother and I how to sew a quilt top. And my grandmother put it together with the batting and back and hand stitched the pattern into it.
@angiemclain4411
9 ай бұрын
What a great reading! I loved the part about the room with all the quilts! I can only imagine how magical that was at first glance. Think of all the stories in each quilt and every piece of fabric and each stitch that was sewn. It made me smile and I wished I could have seen it with my own eyes. It is amazing how far quilting has journeyed. I really enjoyed the part about how much work went into fabric alone! I can’t imagine having to plant the flax or cotton just to get material! Goodness I could talk all day about quilting! Thanks for this reading Tipper! ❤
@lisacooper3991
9 ай бұрын
The ole fashioned quilts I think are the best. The ones made with cotton and not the silk stuff most stuff theirs with now. My grandma had several, each patch stood for something. And gosh at the times you'd be weighted down in with them on u..lol.. but them old houses were cold and hard heat. Thanks for sharing and reading again..
@laddieokelley6095
9 ай бұрын
Have an old-time pattern quilt made by one great grandmother probably in the 1950s. The fabric, probably from flour sacks and other salvaged goods, is thin and tattered, but the pattern is intact. I hang it as a divider in the garage. It is protected and I like seeing it every day. It probably will not survive me. Also have a wedding ring quilt made by my partner's grandmother in the late 1940s. The color has grayed, but still well-crafted and beautiful.
@boscodog4358
9 ай бұрын
My mother and her sister would have quiting bees. They used it as a time to gather and visit.
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
Love that 😊
@andystidham3199
9 ай бұрын
That's good stuff. Glad you're still keeping it alive.
@janetsherwood7210
9 ай бұрын
Happy Friday! Thank you Tipper for your reading. I love this book. 🙂🙋✨
@christinej2358
9 ай бұрын
I’m working on a quilt now as I listened to you read this wonderful treasure of quilt stories. I use a basic machine to put my tops together and depending on the size of the quilt I usually hand tie all the layers together. I cut my own fabric pieces from whatever type of quilt Im making. Today is a t-shirt memory quilt for a friend using her mother’s t-shirts she selected. She wanted it thick so it has the t-shirt tops, two layers of batting and heavy fleece backing. I have been able to do most by my little sewing machine, but the top and bottom rows between each square has to be done by hand. I can’t even begin to imagine having to weave my own fabric or sewing every piece completely by hand like described in this chapter. I have in my youth visited my aunt who lived in the deep hallows of WV slept on piles of quilts. My mom would let us kids during the summer use 2 of her old quilts to make a tent to sleep in hanging off the clothes line putting bricks at each corner to hold it out from the clothesline to form an A frame tent. We laid plastic down on the ground as our floor, then piled extra quilts or blankets on top to sleep on. I still have one of those quilts we used packed away. It needs repaired, which is on my list to do this year…Lord will. Love the book and loved the picture of the quilt made with a wool lining. I had to stop, back up and look at it. It was beautiful knowing all the love and hard work that went into it and it still look good. What a masterpiece to treasure! I hope at least one of mine will last as long as that one has. What a treasure!
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
Love that so much Christine-the memories and your quilting too 😊
@christinej2358
9 ай бұрын
@@CelebratingAppalachia when I finish this quilt I’m working on, I’ll email you some pictures of them. Their not fancy, but I try my best to make each one the best I can and each one is covered in prayer.
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
@@christinej2358 😊would love to see it!
@KathysTube
9 ай бұрын
Growing up, many houses had blankets hanging in doors in cold weather. Very interesting history...thanks Tipper 👍❤
@reginacelia8966
9 ай бұрын
I Enjoy your reading! I Love quilt’s! I have several of my grandparents that I wouldn’t take a million dollars for them! 🎉❤️🥰
@brendawoods554
9 ай бұрын
I can't imagine doing all that work to make cloth, those were determined women folk. No wonder the quilts lasted so long.
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching 😊
@jennyslatter9302
9 ай бұрын
Thanks Tipper lovely story very interesting God bless ❤
@WhispersFromTheDark
9 ай бұрын
Tipper, so much of this chapter mirrors my own life and upbringing. It wasn't uncommon for us to sleep on pallets when the weather was good and we were visiting others or had visitors. And covering doors with quilts or blankets was just something we always did during the winter (and I still do even to this day). It really helps block the cold air drom coming in around the door and thru it. And I even buy quilts during the year at yard sales or rhrift stores if I find them cheap enough, to add to my arsenal for when I'll need them. My Mom was a quilter as were her Mom before her and I still have the old wooden quilt frame they both used, which is probably well over 100 years old now. I've been considering loaning it to the local museum to have for display, to ensure it doesn't get torn up in the garage by my Son when he's moving things around, because he doesn't know what it is or understand the significance of it. I hwve used quilts in many ways described in this chapter, and strangely enough I never gave a aecond thought about it, I thought everyone did these things.
@brendaleach-kv7if
9 ай бұрын
Enjoyed these stories so much❤
@bunnielynn777
9 ай бұрын
My Grandma made some beautiful quilts. I wish that I had been able to get one. She was born in the late 1800’s, so that was probably their only source of heat at night for many years. Oh how I miss my mom & grandma, I look forward to Jesus’s return to be reunited with them 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
@TexasGalOnTheHill
9 ай бұрын
We use to sleep on pallets when all the relative would meet in NC. Such fun! I remember seeing carders around in antique shops all the time. You don't see them that much any more. My mom loved quilts and would always have one laying across the foot of the bed. Thanks for the memories!
@josiecardenas4440
9 ай бұрын
Thanks Tipper have a wonderful weekend stay safe
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
Thanks, you too!
@darrelscott1262
9 ай бұрын
Great story
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
@alphiebeet
9 ай бұрын
I live with my grandfather, and though neither of us are quilters there are a number of quilts around the home from family members that have since passed. They're fairly beat up and not able to be used as blankets, but he has one folded up to use as added cushioning on his favorite recliner, and I have one pinned up on the backside of the door leading up to the attic to keep the cold out, similar to what the book said. None of our closets have doors, and though we don't use quilts to block those off, I do have curtains hung for several of them. I also have a curtain in lieu of a door leading down into the basement. Both the attic and basement are unfinished so it's easy for the cold to creep in, if we let it.
@CelebratingAppalachia
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing 😊
@spooniesarah
9 ай бұрын
We currently live in a travel trailer, which of course doesn't have very good insulation. But between a snuggly husband, 3 affectionate cats, and some quilts, i can be nice and toasty!
@richardhamby457
9 ай бұрын
I was waiting for more quilt content !!!
@ginnyandersen8527
9 ай бұрын
Seeing quilts used by the family casually laying about and on the floors always shocked me and sort of upset me that those pieces of history and art made by an older family member were treated so poorly. It made me think about people that quilts are such common things that they aren't treated as treasured items, but something of use and nothing more. I have seen most of those ways mentioned in today's reading and done a few of them myself. Of course, we quilters try to make even utilitarian quilts pretty but they ARE made to be used and serve a purpose. The special quilts, quilts of intricate pattern or special meaning, are and were often kept for company's use, or hung on walls to never be used on a bed.
@genevabrantner365
9 ай бұрын
I have a very old quilt that my Granny Mann made a new quilt top for while she and my family were traveling in a covered wagon from Nebraska to Denver. The quilt top she made was put over an older quilt that was badly worn. After my Mom died, I found a quilt top she made from scraps left over from all of the clothes she made. I have pictures of us, as babies, wearing those little clothes.
@CelebratingAppalachia
8 ай бұрын
What a treasure!
@joycel242
9 ай бұрын
I bought that book a long while back and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'll have to pull it out again and take another squint.
@KyDove8
9 ай бұрын
I was raised up in the bootheel of MO and Dad's Barnett family lived 100 miles S W in AR. I had the privilege of sleeping on Grandma's feather bed a few times. Pallets on the floor were common when cousins visited. My mother's maiden name was Cross. ❤ Patti Carter
@nancykaufman1645
9 ай бұрын
I seem to remember you all picking a big load of peaches and freezing them. Would love to see you make some peach cobbler and jam❤
@johnreginahenderson7032
9 ай бұрын
Thanks Tipper! Love this!😊Regina
@EuleneWages4644
9 ай бұрын
I've saw quilts used for almost everything even hung them over doors to help keep cold out
@devoncopley9296
9 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing 🎉❤
@andystidham3199
9 ай бұрын
Good reading thanks
@RuthCollins-g1g
9 ай бұрын
Yes we would put quilts on doors and windows to keep the heat in the house cause we heated with fireplace
@RobertSmith-vr9bs
9 ай бұрын
I have a quilt my great grandmother made A quilt my grandmother made and aphagan my mom crocheted. We also have a quilt my wife's grandmother made. We don't use any of them they sit on a quilt rack.
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