Collection Items
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Audio Recording"She didn't do any fancy quilting."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"She'd mark her quilts with a piece of chalk."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"She liked to do different patterns."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"My mother would give us little tiny pieces."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"Now these quilts have good linings."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"My mother made thousands of quilts."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I had no idea I had a fortune in my closet!"
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"People would give her the pieces."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"She used to piece what you'd call a crazy quilt."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I did all the farm chores."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"We would all get around the quilting frames."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"She'd use cotton filler or old blankets."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"She would ravel out old stockings for thread."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"She quilted with whatever color thread she had."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"My mother must have pieced fifty or more a year."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I've enjoyed doing the Cathedral Windows."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"If I don't quilt the square, I do the fan."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"What makes a quilt pretty?"
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I didn't think about them being that pretty."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"We do things the way our mother did."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"In the fall of the year, I use the old-time frames."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I quilted a quilt out in a day."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"My mother has given about all her quilts away."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I give to the family, and I have sold some tops."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I did two Cathedral Windows in one year."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I like to use cotton fabrics."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"As long as you can coordinate your colors..."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Schockley, Maggie
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I have wool blankets my mother wove."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"We used to use leftovers, but now we buy material."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I loved quilts even when I was a little girl."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"You can get a quilt together more evenly by hand."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"Piecing a quilt is just a pastime since I retired."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"My ambition was to be a teacher."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I pieced 'em, but I didn't quilt till after I was married."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"My first quilt was a basket pattern."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I never quilt in the summertime."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I use a circle frame that's on a stand."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"They are real pleased when I give 'em a quilt."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I would not sell a quilt."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I ordered that quilting pattern from Mountain Mist."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"You couldn't possibly do that on the sewing machine."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"They need to be stretched real tight so they come out smooth."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I did the Flower Garden for my granddaughter as a wedding pr...
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I think most of my pattern are old patterns."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I can't quilt a straight line!"
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"To piece with, a soft thread is better."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I prefer cotton fabric, but it's real expensive."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"This one is called the Wishing Star."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I'd love to do a Lone Star in oranges and browns."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I hope my quilts will be here for a few years."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"These small prints are representative of what we had a long ...
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"It's hard to make tiny stitches."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I want to make some pillows."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"Polyester blanket pieces make nice filling for quilts."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I've never tacked but one quilt in my life."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"Polyester's easier to quilt through than cotton."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"What are some of your favorite patterns?"
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I pieced one Turkey Tracks and appliqued the other."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"It's not that difficult to make, Dresden Plate isn't."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I've never done much quilting with a group."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"My granddaughter is real interested in crafts."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"Thousands of stitches go in."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I had a neighbor that gave me quilting frames."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I've used that oval frame for quite a few years."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"Always begin in the middle and work to the outside."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"What makes a quilt attractive?"
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I would like for the people I give 'em to, to enjoy 'em."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I've changed from plain quilting to fancy designs."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-28
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Audio Recording"I bought these crazy quilts at auctions."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-29
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Audio Recording"I usually fold 'em and put 'em on the foot of my bed."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-29
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Audio Recording"This is a quilt my great-grandmother made."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-29
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Audio Recording"This was when we quilted on the seam."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-29
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Audio Recording"This quilt I gave to my grandson."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-29
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Audio Recording"I don't know if men appreciate quilts, I hope they do."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-29
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Audio Recording"I didn't know that my quilts looked so beautiful."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-29
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Audio Recording"This is the Ohio Rose."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-29
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Audio Recording"I got the Sunburst pattern from a little tiny picture in a m...
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-29
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Audio Recording"I got so tired of that Sunburst quilt, a-quilting it."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-29
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Audio Recording"Beauty is to the eye of the beholder."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Stanley, Lura
- Date: 1978-09-29
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Audio Recording"I helped my grandmother quilt."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"I've done a lot of the crazy quilts."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"Back then you had to have a lot of cover."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"Where did you have your quilting frames?"
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"We called it 'secret tacking'."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"I've fixed quilts for other people."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"I used to use cotton, but polyester works well."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"I've used cotton batting and old blankets."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"I'd dye the linings different colors."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"I'd use different colors of thread."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"I called 'em crazy quilts."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"I fixed them Dutch Girls, Dutch Boys."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"I would needlework 'em around."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"I done it by hand a long time, but now I usually piece by ma...
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"I usually quilt in fans, most of the time."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"Quilting around the way it's pieced."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"What makes a quilt pretty?"
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"I used to always hem them, but they're pretty bound."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"Just quilted for myself and helped the neighbors."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"Now I just use the electric blanket."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23
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Audio Recording"This quilt is pieced in blocks."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Patton, Ila
- Date: 1978-09-23