Collection Items
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Audio Recording"Tacking's the only way we fixed quilts at home."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"My first quilt was a Monkey Wrench."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"A lot of times I'd tack the crazy quilts."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I didn't like the tacking, so I wanted to learn the quilting."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"You've got to have a true pattern to start with."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I don't usually start until after Christmas."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I sell most of 'em."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"In 1976, I decided to make a wall hanging."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"Now I get $150 for the Double Wedding Ring."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"If you would count all your hours, it's not much."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I done a Sunburst, and it sold right now!"
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I try to buy little calico prints."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I used to get factory cutaways."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"The cheaper you get your material, the less you have in your...
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"The craft shops won't take polyester quilts."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"The mountains is counted for craft."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I've always used unbleached muslin for linings."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"Now they have a quilting thread, but I don't like it."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I got to using different thread to quilt with."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I think as much of the Double Wedding Ring as any."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I make just as little a binding as I can make it."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"You've got to have 'em right."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I'm going to make me one and keep it."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"You can make the squares big as you want."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"This craft business, they want you to create your own."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I couldn't let nobody have my pattern."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I made a lot of pillows from a Tulip pattern."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I get most of my patterns from magazines."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I draw my patterns from magazines."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"It takes a lot of room for a quilting frame."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"Group quilting is real good if you could get enough interest...
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"I don't know why my mother can't do something like this."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"It takes a lot of time. You've got to want to do it."
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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Audio Recording"What makes a quilt pretty?"
- Contributor: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna
- Date: 1978-09-27
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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