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What Might Happen to Quilters

November 02, 1935
Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser
Detroit, Michigan, United States
A Quilt Club Corner column including letters from Quilt Club members, a list of Quilt Club members, and a coupon for Quilt Club membership.
What Might Happen to Quilters
How the Quilt Club Sister looked after they had won the sewing battle armed only with needles, shears and good strong voices. "Twas worthwhile, they said, and are going to start right in again and wage another battle knowing that they will be the victors.
Seems Like a Sad Story but It Is Just for Fun


By Edith B. Crumb

There is just no telling what you will feel like when you have finished a quilt but there is no doubt about what the task did to Quilt Club Sister, Mrs. Emmons Galton and Mrs. Arthur Fisher.

Just before their collapse the photographer was fortunate enough to get a picture of them. There was no trouble in taking it for neither of them felt like moving even a fraction of an inch, so there were no blurred spots.

Now take a goof look at Mrs. Fisher. She has an ice pack on her head to relieve the strain of all the hard thinking she had to do while figuring out the quilting design on the two quilts which they worked on about 12 hours a day and an ice-pack had to be applied to Mrs. Galtons throat to ease it after the strain of singing 'seeing Nellie Home" while the quilting was at full speed.

Bandaged Fingers
Needless to say fingers were bandaged. One of Mrs. Galton's arms had to be carried in a sling and it was necessary for each to have a can to keep her from falling forward so bent was she after leaning over the quilting from for such long hours.

After a few days of rest, however, they were able to have the bandages, ice-packs, sling and dark glasses removed and they finally limbered up enough to come to the quilt show, and after the show, beging able to take their pens in hand they wrote a letter to us which is as follows:

Dear Miss Crumb: The third quilt contest has come to a close and what a wonderful display of fine workmanship there was.

We wish to congratulate all of the prize winners and wish everybody the best of luck for the coming year.

The Quilt Club Corner was the scene of merriment with the exchanging of patches, the greetings of new and old members and it made one feel that, after all, our Corner was just one great big happy family.

We so enjoyed visiting with Mrs. Marks, the little blind lady from Indiana, and also found Gran to be growing younger every day. Everybody was hustling here and there and as we dodged in and out among the racks we discovered many of our old friends admiring their favorite quilts.

Spied the Sew-and-Sews
As we wandered over into the antique section whom do you suppose we spied? None other than Mrs. Sew-and-Sew and out little friend Lazy Daisy. They were so excited about their first appearance in public that all began talking at once with Lazy Daisy jumping up and down and spiking Mrs. Fisher on the foot with her high heel. They Mrs. Sew-and-Sew continues bobbing on her head sent the gorgeous feather on her hat straight into my eye and that finished the 1935 contest for us.

Upon reaching home, we decided to ask the advice of Mrs. Sew-and-Sew and lay up for repairs in order to pull ourselves together in time for another session of quilting.

Best wishes to all of the Cornerites,
The Quilt Club Sisters,
Mrs. Arthur Fisher
Mrs. Emmons Galton.

Now here is a little story that will brighten your scrap book. It is for fun and the Quilt Club Sisters gave me permission to run this picture so everybody ought to have a good time over it.

We hope that Mrs. Marks was as happy in being with us as we were having her with us, and did you see Gran with her marcelled hair? Is she getting younger every day? I should say so!

Had Grand Time
That little Sew-and-Sew family certainly had a grand time at the Quilt Show and Lazy Daisy is so sorry for spiking Mrs. Fishers foot with that high heel. The shoes did not fit that well and there were difficult to handle, but they were so beautiful she was willing got be uncomfortable.

And, of course, Mrs. Sew-and-Sew sends apologies to Mrs. Galton for sticking that feather in her eye, but she was so excited she hardly realized what was going on. It was getting late and she was worried about rounding up her family and arriving home before it was too late-and yet she did not want to leave the hall until the very last minute.

Be sure to watch for some new happenings in the Sew-and-Sew family which will start Next Monday, Nov. 4.

These Members Belong to the Quilt Club Corner
Mrs. J.E. Causley
4688 16th St

Anna Glufke
8715 Dennison Ave

Mrs. Fred Jensen
Route No. 1
Nashua, Iowa

Miss MargaretSaiter
14066 Linnhurst Ave

Miss Minnie A Coleburn
6239 Sophia St.,
Wayne, Mich.

Mrs. Agnes Colewood
18648 Dalby Redford Township
Box 1090 Route 1

Mrs. H.E. Coley
Route No. 2
Howell, Mich.

Mrs. Anna M Collins
212 E Electric Ct.
Sturgis, Mich.

Mrs. Margaret J Collins
2615 Pinegree Ave

Mrs. M Collyer
8280 Ejworth Blvd.

Mrs. R.L. Colvin
2138 Van Dyke Ave.

Beauty in the Home Editor:
Please enter my name as a member of the Beauty in the Home Quilt Club.

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Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.
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