February 2, 1935

Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser; Harriet Clarke

Detroit, Michigan, United States

A Quilt Club Corner column including an adverstisement for the Brother-Sister quilt series leaflet and letters from Quilt Club members.

Corner Member Designs an Airplane Quilt
The diagonal lines in this quilt are red and blue, the center star blue and the border red and blue. These gay little airplanes so designed would make a delightful quilt for a boys room. The airplanes on our own leaflet could be arranged in this manner.
You Are Urged to write Letters to the Corner

By Edith B. Crumb

When the members of the Parent-Teacher Association of Sheldon School, Wayne, wondered how they were to increase the funds of that organization, Mrs. Flora Barker came to the rescue.

A little money was taken from the treasury, some materials purchased for a quilt and Mrs. Barker designed, pieced and quilted it, donating her time to the cause.

The quilt is shown in the accompanying illustration and I am sure that you will agree it is a pattern which would be a joy to any boy, Mrs. Barker has carried it out in red, white and blue with some gold and silver (being represented by orange and gray). The planes are in bright colors flying in formation toward the airport.

Every one of these little gingham planes appears to be a sturdy affair and capable of great endurance and I feel sure that each will hold its position for years to come-and that ought to be a pretty good record for even a calico air-plane.

Mrs. Barker, a member of the Quilt Club Corner, has written to all of us and I know you must remember reading her letters.

This quilt was raffled off by the Parent-Teachers Association of Wayne, and as a result their treasury is swelled and some lucky person has been made very happy.

Please don't forget that next Wednesday, Feb.6, there is another Quilt Club Corner program over WWJ at 10:05 in the morning and Beatrice and I are looking for lots of letters to arrive before Tuesday noon. We have a good supply to start on but want some more.

From Old Friend.
Dear Miss Crumb: Hurrah! The News tells me we are to have our Quit Club back on the air.

I'll be listening as I have missed our program so much and I am happy it is back again.

Best of luck,
Ann Pelkey
704 N. Michigan
Howell, Michigan.

We are happier to be back than you can imagine, Mrs. Pelkey and don't fail to be listening in every Wednesday.

Dear Miss Crumb and Beatrice: It has been a long time since I wrote to the Corner on account of my recent illness. But I will soon start on my quilts and hope you will be on the air from now on. I always wait for The News so I can hear from the members.

With the holidays over, everybody will start with needle, thread, and patches again.

Congratulations to out new arrival, Joyce Yost and also to Judith Yost.

I hope Mrs. Fisher, will soon be well again. The 1934 contest was lovelt and good wishes to all the winners. I am hoping the 1935 show will be better than ever.

I will write to all the members as soon as I get caught up. I am sorry I'm so far behind.
Mrs. Fred Block
Route 2, Romulus Michigan

Beatrice and I were happy to receive your letter, Mrs. Block and I am putting your letters in the paper so that your friends will know that you are back with us again.

Don't wait so long before writing again, for we are very anxious to receive many, many letters now and I know that you will do your part toward keeping us on the air on in the paper.

Good News!
Dear Miss Crumb: after reading the good news that the Quilt Corner would go on the air regularly each Wednesday morning, I think we quilt lovers are really going places and doing things, because by you coming on the radio and all the ladies writing often to you will keep us all busy. Many thanks to The Detroit News.

On behalf of the Ladies of the Sears" Roebuck Quilt Club I wish to extend our best wishes to Mrs. Fisher for a speedy recovery. They were so sorry to hear of her illness. I called on her early this week and to my surprise found her quite ill with tonsillitis also, and more than that, her sister, Mrs. Galto, was trying to nurse her and ward off a very severe cold herself.

I'm sure they will receive so many letters and cards from the ladies that they will forget the doctors" orders when it's time to take their medicine. We will look for a letter from them very soon saying the cards and letters were more helpful to them then the doctors medicine, and were well enough to sew on their quilts again, which they intend to enter in the next contest.
Mae McGrew

Thank you, Mrs. McGrew for that cheery little letter. It is certainly appreciated and I hope that you will write often.

Cheery Letters.
Dear Miss Crumb: I would like to be one of the first ones to welcome you and Beatrice back on the air, and Ill bet If you could have roll call, you would find very few of the members absent. I do hope you will be on the air for a good long time, and that our Corner grows bigger and better.

We are all looking forward to some 1935 patterns, and to the biggest quilt show ever, if that is possible.

It doesn't seem as if there could be much improvement on last year's show, only to make it greater and perhaps a few more days. Maybe you think I'm greedy, but it just seems as if you never get tired of looking at the beautiful quilts with the gay colors and lovely handwork.
Mrs. A. J. Platz
5644 Newberry
Detroit, Michigan

Thank you so much for your kind wishes, Mrs. Platz. I am sure that the roll call would be a very long one. Please be sure to write again soon.

Last Block Ready for Children's Quilt
This is Johnnie's calico pony racing for first place on the Brother quilt, and not even his series No. 13 is going to keep him out of it. Ivy, the little lass on the sidelines, finds herself adorning leaflets No. 14 of the Brother-Sister series.

These leaflets are the last of the lot. On No. 14 are directions for piecing the entire body of the quilt.

When sending for these leaflets to Edith Crumb, Beauty in the Home editor, inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope for mailing. Or call in person at The Detroit News Public Service Bureau in the Majestic Building or the General Motors Building.

Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.

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