In this episode, Emmeline receives an unexpected offer while mulling over the latest news from Florence. Let’s talk about the The Farmer’s Wife! As someone who owns at least fifty …
Notes: Friendship Album, 1933: Episode 19
For the record, I have a very nice mother. She’s a quilter and a reader and is always pleasant to be around. I love my mother very much. My mom, …
Diary of a Quilt in Progress: Dorothy’s Crown of Thorns
When did I start Dorothy’s Crown of Thorns quilt? Was it a hundred years ago? Two hundred years? Or was it sometime last summer? It started with this sample block …
Notes: Friendship Album, 1933: Episode 16
In Episode 16, Father Mayfield makes an offer Bess may not be able to refuse. (LOC photo; it doesn’t really have anything to do with this episode, but I like …
Notes: Friendship Album, 1933: Episode 10
In Episode 10, Eula dreams of going back to the farm, Dorothy worries about about her family, and a reformed Emmeline auditions her latest quilting column with the Bee. This …
Eula Baker’s Blue Ribbon Chocolate Cake
What was it like to live in the 1930s? To keep a home, make quilts, raise children, work, and worry? Friendship Album, 1933, the book I’m currently writing and reading …