Quilters
- From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:27:39 -0500
My mother was a quilter, her mother and her grandmother were as well.
Quilts are not just folksy ways to keep warm on a winter's night, they are
handcrafted in patterns from scraps of cloth. In the case of my family,
many of the scraps came from the leftovers from hand-made garments for the
family. In one of my Mom's quilts there's a patch that came from some of my
pajamas made when I was five.
That background made me want to go see a production of "The Quilters" at the
NSU Summer Theatre. These are usually well worth the time and the modest
admission, and this was more than that. I snapped a few pictures of the
show. It depicts through song, dance and not a few moving dramatic scenes,
childbirth, prairie fires, marriage, and most all glimpses of the lives
of the women who shaped a great portion of our country.
Five pictures begin here:
http://www.sonc.com/quilters/pages/L1005276.htm
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Regards,
Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA
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