Just looking at the pictures on them takes me to a time I never knew firsthand but find terribly fascinating anyway.
Ladies actually knew how to sew...by HAND, no less.
It was not only necessary to mend torn or heavily worn items (you didn't just run out and replace things the way we do now) it was a wonderful way to socialize.
Many a quilt was born of not only the need to stay warm, but also the desire to spend time with others, to enjoy conversation and even to teach others this now fading art.
Aren't these just the sweetest things? They make me daydream of the lady who bought them and all the things she probably mended, quilted and created with them.
