Touch of History  ~

A dear lady that I know from the country neighborhood that I grew up in owns this quilting frame.  These were used by putting them together on chairs and attaching a quilt to it.  These are what ladies used at "Quilting Bees".  I do remember when I was quite young going to a "Quilting Bee" with my grandmother.  It was held at a lady's home the next road over, all the neighborhood ladies were there also to help.  This quilting frame was originally owned by lady that my grandmother was friends with.  When my friend showed them to me I didn't see just four boards with fabric on them, I could see the ladies setting around the frame and quilt, talking, sewing, and laughing.  If you take a close look at the boards you see all the indentations from the years of clamps used on the boards.  I look at these and can see the ladies mounting the quilts on the frame, their weathered hands working on these boards.  To other people these mean nothing more than boards, to me it means looking back into the lives of the ladies that my grandmother knew and loved.  To me history is stamped on these boards.