Jen, It was my mother's hat. She was well paid for it. My mother was a perfectionist so it was well made. "Log Cabin" design is avery old one from way, way back. You might find it on Google or some of the sewing and quilting sites, I havent looked. Anyway, you start with a square, the color and size you want to use for the whole quilt. The width of the squares and strips is your choice. I made one with 3 inch squares of the same color I was to use for the backing. I cut the strips of 2 inches. You sew the strips onto the squares, alternating colors as you like. You can sew a long strip putting the squares one after the other, then cut them apart, take another strip and put the squares in line. Do this until you have the size square you want. When you have enough squares then you can sew them together to make you top. The number of squares needed will depend on the size of the squares and how big you want to make the quilt. Hope this makes sense. Belle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jen LaBonte" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] More of Belle's story.. > Belle, > > You family history is indeed interesting. Your Grandfather's Mason funeral > sounds so nice. My husband has his Mason apron around here but he refuses > to tell me what a person does with it. I would guess that it's for when he > dies. We did not pay his dues this year, so I'm so he will not have a Mason > funeral. > > I take it that it was your Grandmother's hat that got sold by mistake at the > millinery shop? It had to be quite nice & well made for them to sell it. > > What is a 'log cabin' quilt? I enjoy going to some of the quilt shows > around here because many of the women quilt. Don't know if I have seen that > kind before. We have a quilt rack at the bottom of our bed & we have > several quilts on it which were made by relatives in our families. > > Your stories are very enjoyable. Thank you. > > ~J in AZ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 4:52 PM > Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] More of Belle's story.. > > > > Grandpa died in May 1925, still in office as Sheriff. He was a Mason > > as were his brothers and father. He was buried with alll lthe Masonic > > honors from his Lodge and a marble slab with the Masonic emblem , name > > and dates covers his grave. Several of his kin are in the same little > > churchyard.Many years before 1925, his ancestors had given the land and a > > sum of money to build the little First Baptist Church in that small > > Community. > > > > Soon after he died rheuncle, wife and daughter moved into their own little > > house not very far away from the big house. One of the cooks went to work > > for another family nearby. Not so many folks coming and going. > > > > Grandma and my mother had little to do about the house so they sewed and > > sewed and shopped and shopped. My mother made many of her own clothes , > > made dresses with matching bloomers for me and little coats with matching > > tams which I hated. I still dislike anything on my head. > > She loved hats and often made her own if she couldn't find a suitable > > one in the few shops around. Those were the days when she and other > > ladies wouldn't leave the house without their hats, purses/handbags and > > gloves. > > On one shopping trip she went into a millenery shop, sat down at one of > > the vanities, removed her hat and gloves, leaving them on the vanity with > > her purse, walked around the shop for sometime checking out what was > > available. She went back to thevanity, the purse and gloves were > > stillthere but her hat (one she had made)was not there. She looked all > > over the shop but couldn't find it, finnally a clerk came up asking what > > was the problem. When told she started shaking and crying and said she > > was so sorry but she had sold my mother's hat. > > > > Grandma sewed and sewed, sometimes clothes for the household help but > > mostly on quilts. She made many in the 'log cabin' pattern. I have one > > unquilted top that she made about 1900. Her brother was a salesnam for a > > mercantile company selling yard goods to stores. He gave Grandma some of > > his sample books which had good sized swatches of materials inthem. She > > used the material samples in her quilts. > > > > Enough for now, > > Best regards to all, > > > > Belle > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Belle, Even though I am younger than you (65) I remember going to a millinery shop to buy a hat. I had to wear a hat for most occasions which I got dressed up for when I was in private boarding school. We had a gal in the town who made hats. I always liked to go into her shop because the woman that owned it always made so many different hats. She also made a lot of head dresses for bridesmaids in who were in weddings. I understood basically what you said about the "Log Cabin" design. I think when I get a chance I'm going to google it. I have never made a quilt, but I do enjoy going to quilt shows & seeing the quilts there on display. Two of my husband's sisters live in N.C. & it seems as though people do a lot of quilting down there. My brother-in-law's sister made a quilt for us when we were square dancing. Each square has a square dancer on it. ~J in AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 11:29 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] More of Belle's story.. > Jen, It was my mother's hat. She was well paid for it. My mother was a > perfectionist so it was well made. > > "Log Cabin" design is avery old one from way, way back. You might find it > on > Google or some of the sewing and quilting sites, I havent looked. Anyway, > you start with a square, the color and size you want to use for the whole > quilt. The width of the squares and strips is your choice. I made one > with > 3 inch squares of the same color I was to use for the backing. I cut the > strips of 2 inches. You sew the strips onto the squares, alternating > colors > as you like. You can sew a long strip putting the squares one after the > other, then cut them apart, take another strip and put the squares in > line. > Do this until you have the size square you want. When you have enough > squares then you can sew them together to make you top. The number of > squares needed will depend on the size of the squares and how big you want > to make the quilt. Hope this makes sense. > Belle > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jen LaBonte" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 8:27 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] More of Belle's story.. > > >> Belle, >> >> You family history is indeed interesting. Your Grandfather's Mason > funeral >> sounds so nice. My husband has his Mason apron around here but he >> refuses >> to tell me what a person does with it. I would guess that it's for when > he >> dies. We did not pay his dues this year, so I'm so he will not have a > Mason >> funeral. >> >> I take it that it was your Grandmother's hat that got sold by mistake at > the >> millinery shop? It had to be quite nice & well made for them to sell it. >> >> What is a 'log cabin' quilt? I enjoy going to some of the quilt shows >> around here because many of the women quilt. Don't know if I have seen > that >> kind before. We have a quilt rack at the bottom of our bed & we have >> several quilts on it which were made by relatives in our families. >> >> Your stories are very enjoyable. Thank you. >> >> ~J in AZ >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 4:52 PM >> Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] More of Belle's story.. >> >> >> > Grandpa died in May 1925, still in office as Sheriff. He was a > Mason >> > as were his brothers and father. He was buried with alll lthe Masonic >> > honors from his Lodge and a marble slab with the Masonic emblem , name >> > and dates covers his grave. Several of his kin are in the same little >> > churchyard.Many years before 1925, his ancestors had given the land and > a >> > sum of money to build the little First Baptist Church in that small >> > Community. >> > >> > Soon after he died rheuncle, wife and daughter moved into their own > little >> > house not very far away from the big house. One of the cooks went to > work >> > for another family nearby. Not so many folks coming and going. >> > >> > Grandma and my mother had little to do about the house so they sewed >> > and >> > sewed and shopped and shopped. My mother made many of her own clothes , >> > made dresses with matching bloomers for me and little coats with > matching >> > tams which I hated. I still dislike anything on my head. >> > She loved hats and often made her own if she couldn't find a suitable >> > one in the few shops around. Those were the days when she and other >> > ladies wouldn't leave the house without their hats, purses/handbags and >> > gloves. >> > On one shopping trip she went into a millenery shop, sat down at one of >> > the vanities, removed her hat and gloves, leaving them on the vanity > with >> > her purse, walked around the shop for sometime checking out what was >> > available. She went back to thevanity, the purse and gloves were >> > stillthere but her hat (one she had made)was not there. She looked all >> > over the shop but couldn't find it, finnally a clerk came up asking >> > what >> > was the problem. When told she started shaking and crying and said she >> > was so sorry but she had sold my mother's hat. >> > >> > Grandma sewed and sewed, sometimes clothes for the household help but >> > mostly on quilts. She made many in the 'log cabin' pattern. I have >> > one >> > unquilted top that she made about 1900. Her brother was a salesnam for >> > a >> > mercantile company selling yard goods to stores. He gave Grandma some >> > of >> > his sample books which had good sized swatches of materials inthem. She >> > used the material samples in her quilts. >> > >> > Enough for now, >> > Best regards to all, >> > >> > Belle >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message