tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41143982660372294192024-03-17T03:08:53.984-05:00THE FARMER'S WIFE QUILTLetters, Stories, and Pictures From the Progressive Era (1890s-1920s) to the Great Depression (1930s)Laurie Aaron Hirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594070338386023080noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114398266037229419.post-62888070256583383062020-08-27T09:00:00.008-05:002020-08-27T09:18:18.720-05:00MY NEW BLOG ADDRESS<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="http://ahousewifewrites.com">http://ahousewifewrites.com</a><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Years ago, I discovered some seemingly forgotten treasures--stories and letters written by homemakers and farm wives nearly a century ago. Since 2009, I've been incorporating a small number of these letters and stories into my quilting books. I started this blog to share the rest of them because they're too good to be lost to history. </b></span></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="2048" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMA0QBWChICJJX20x59I8aFi0Hco2o893gkITf7zKrYfR2K1Rjcw0Hz-Xmo5E_k0gKgvMOxWXR9VkxVZvWgOFnSnlGMypYTE3jBP7K0ecQER47AcD0XlyK4oeASSi10c4wQTvjJbOSwc/w400-h251/Image+%252826%2529.jpg" width="400" /></span></b></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Recently, I've joined Amalia, another housewife that shares my interests in history and homemaking. Together, we've started a joint blog, A Housewife Writes. Please join us there for continued treasures from the past as well as information and all updates on my books. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://ahousewifewrites.com"><span>http://ahousewifewrites.com</span></a> </span></b></p>Laurie Aaron Hirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16594070338386023080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114398266037229419.post-52092426154287191432020-06-09T22:25:00.000-05:002020-06-09T22:25:24.971-05:00THE FARMER'S WIFE HOMESTEAD MEDALLION QUILT<i>The Farmer's Wife Homestead Medallion Quilt</i> is available for purchase from Amazon.com<div><br />
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