http://www.oldgloryquilting.com Helping you create heirloom treasures. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:41:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My sweet husband and I just returned from a trip out West.  Did you know that America is truly amazing?!  We have never seen so much corn growing.  We decided to venture out on a trip to the west per Amtrack. That was fun.  We returned  to the Midwest per ... http://www.oldgloryquilting.com/oregon-trail/ July 27,1861 Dear Wife, "Our second day, from Bellaire to this place, was an exceedingly happy one. We traveled about 130 miles in Virginia, and with the exception of one deserted village of Secessionists, we were received everywhere with an enthusiasm I never saw anywhere before. No such great crowds turned out ... http://www.oldgloryquilting.com/enthusiastic-anyone/ "My man! How I love him!", Faye chimed as she bent over the bread board, punching down the bread dough for its' second rise. Looking out the window above the iron sink, she laughed as she watched Merton, her husband now for a couple years, stand on the bank of ... http://www.oldgloryquilting.com/gatherings/ Many folks in our great United States have links to the past through the Irish...that would be a great study in itself...Today we talk about the Irish Chain Quilt..."there are many varieties, single, double, triple..on and on...This quilt was made about 1805 and was stitched with linen thread typical of ... http://www.oldgloryquilting.com/irish-chain/ What striking colors!! Indigo-blue-white with yellow!! A tiny print as an accent in the center of each block!! I just am amazed at the art work of our pioneer women! Almedia Grimsley Morris was traveling on the Oregon Trail in 1851, settling in Benton County, Oregon. If you ... http://www.oldgloryquilting.com/wandering-foot/ Just stoppin' by with a tip! Heading for Lebanon in the early morning, unless we get too much rain. Our pond is starting to crowd up to the cabin here in Indiana, we never thought that would happen, but it is quite a ways outside its' banks and ... http://www.oldgloryquilting.com/rain-rain-go-away-come-back-some-other-day/ Let's get busy gals!! The winter winds are howling, spring is next month, so lets' sew while it snows!! That is northern Indiana talking!! You gals in southern Ohio get more days of liberty than we no in the north. Tonight when we were watching the great super ... http://www.oldgloryquilting.com/learning-together/ The Underground RR is a historical fact. And with any fact from the past, we may have added some romanticism to it through the years. I think that is Ok, mainly because I love history and I admire these people who carved out our land. Many times as we ... http://www.oldgloryquilting.com/underground-rr/ A move has occurred! So many things have happened since this past fall. I will try to be brief. My sister Lori Ann had moved to Florida in the Spring. She had "walked" into a good job with the school system in Sarasota and her husband ... http://www.oldgloryquilting.com/olde-glory-quilt-shoppe/ Port towns in the colonial times could be compared to the heart of the human body, beating and pumping the blood necessary for survival. With the port came ship yards and with this the sea vessels. By the turn of the 18th century into the 19th, over 2000 ships ... http://www.oldgloryquilting.com/bayside/