Antique Squirrel - Part 2 -

 

 

 

Yesterday I posted about "talking" to a friend - Barbara - 

 

And said that I - 

 

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... was reminded about an antique quilt 

 

That she had restored - 

 

And I found my post - HERE -  

From 5/12/19 - 

 

But - unfortunately the links to her blog posts are no longer valid - 

 

But here is a link to the Cotton Mill - Textile Museum - HERE - 

 

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She still has the quilt - 

 

And was kind enough to send me some new photos - 

 

To share with you guys- 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT - 1/16/22 - To include photo information and text of the label above - 

Pictured on the left above is Lula Belle Duck -

Pictured on the bottom right is Lillie Mae Duck - 

 

The text in the above photo reads as follows - 

 

1935 COTTON FEED-SACK QUILT 

Hand -made by Lula Belle Duck and her young daughter,

Lillie Mae Duck, Glencoe, North Carolina.

 

Glencoe, North Carolina, was the home of Glencoe Mills, the first

major cotton mill in the United States, owned and operated by the

Holt family from 1880 to 1954.

 

This quilt was entirely hand-sewn using scraps of many fabrics

including feed sacks.

 

Lula Belle's husband, Richard

Duck, was the Holt family cook

and probable owner of the

long-john underwear that was

inserted for additional warmth

with the quilt batting.

 

The ribbed underwear fabric

can be viewed  beneath a

worn scrap of the quilt top. 

Restored in 2005 by Barbara Moore, Indian Mills, New Jersey

I want to give her credit for the photos -

They are HER photos - 

 

But - with her permission - 

 

They have MY watermark - 

 

In case they ever show up on P*nterest - 

 

They will refer back to my blog -

 

Where I can give proper credit to Barbara - 

It is an AWESOME quilt - 

And today I pulled some fabrics for my version - 

 

So stay tuned - LOL - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -