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  • Episode 4: Mittie Barrier's Barnyard Quilts
    2026/03/11
    This time Lauretta takes us to Rowan County North Carolina and we meet a woman, Mittie Barrier, who lived through 4 wars and the Great Depression and left behind two of the most whimsical and joyful pictorial/crazy quilts from the first quarter of the 20th century. Music used in the episode is from Pixabay with their licensing agreement and "Over There" written by George M. Cohan in 1917 and resourced from the Library of Congress audio library. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 分
  • Episode 3: Charity Millard Brown's Lemoyne Star Quilt
    2026/02/13
    In this episode we drop in on life in western Massachusetts in the 19th century and visit with the wife of a prosperous farmer and examine the gorgeous Lemoyne Star Quilt. Life in the Berkshires was quaint and idyllic, and it was the backdrop for a meeting of two literary giants, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville, that would change the literary world forever. And it all happened just a few miles from Charity's farm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 分
  • Elizabeth Ann Bushong's Red & Green Applique Quilt
    2026/01/29
    In this episode we go to the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War where we meet Elizabeth Ann Bushong and two of her amazing quilts and the Civil War battle that took place in her back yard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 分
  • Elizabeth Van Horne Clarkson's Mosaic Quilt.
    2026/01/16
    A product of an old Dutch merchant family in the Early Republic, Elizabeth Van Horne Clarkson led a comfortable life, and raised a family on Broadway in Manhattan. This episode takes a look at her beautiful mosaic quilt, Elizabeth's life and the world that she lived in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 分