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Right before my Mama passed away she said when you get to the end of your life you realize it was the little things that meant the most.❤

I was struck by the lady in the mental institution. No matter her problem, she used her time to make quilts. To unravel towels, etc. and produce such a piece of art! How imaginative and creative. I hope they made her happy and brought her a sense of peace. That was so moving to me.

I am very much enjoying this reading. Quilts are works of art and works of the HEART!! Every quilt has a story to tell.

I learned to quilt several years ago. At first I just made them for my children. I then decided to make them as gifts for family members. My husband suggested that I sell them. I told him it wouldn’t be the same. I told him that if I sold them it would be too much pressure like a real job. Making them as a gift makes me feel more connected and more personal for the recipient

I'm loving these readings, Tipper. My mother was a genius with a needle -- embroidery, smocking, quilting (tiny, perfect little stitches) and making our clothing. She quilted a special quilt for my sister (Dutch Doll pattern) and me (embroidered and appliqued butterflies) when we were little girls. Years later she did a king-size quilt for my brother who was a car fanatic with old cars embroidered in each square. That one took her a long, long time to complete. She also made a quilt for each grandchild. My quilt hangs in my living room where I can enjoy it every day but is protected from wear and tear of regular use. I was never blessed with children and my nieces and nephew don't seem to be interested in the old things that are so precious to me. It breaks my heart to think of Mother's quilt not being treasured someday. I'm thinking that I will donate it to a museum or folk art center or something like that. Thank you again for your dedication to all things Appalachian.

Loving this book. My grandma was a quilter. One of the prettiest was a little Dutch girl pattern. Acquaintances would bring her scraps of material from dresses they had made. She kept busy that way.

I’ve absolutely fallen in Love with your Channel! I was adopted as a kid and it wasn’t until recently that I was able to meet biological family and trace down my family tree. Literally every side comes from the Appalachia on the state line of Tennessee and Virginia. They all left Appalachia in the late 1800 and Early 1900s to Texas to become cotton farmers. It finally helps bring much closure to a so many questions I struggled with as an adopted kid. Texas born with Appalachia blood. A beautiful culture! The best of both worlds. Thank you and your family for being willing to be transparent in your life and culture in Appalachia! My wife and I are Missionaries through YWAM we’ve been called to the Middle East and now know where my roots lie gives us so much to use in engaging Middle Eastern Tribes. We can share the dancing and singing to build bridges in the Arab world! Maybe you can picture a country boy missionary singing gospel bluegrass and Country, flatfoot clogging playing the banjo 🪕 in the Middle East. 😂 Thank you and your family! God Bless y’all!

My Mother was a fabulous quilter...She made all of our children baby quilts and quilts made of old pairs of blue jeans when they got older...Our beds had tied quilts when we were growing up...She also sewed receiving blankets, nice large ones for any babies born into the family...everyone usually requested them when they were expecting...Quilting is a real skill and real art...I've known some wonderful quilters over my lifetime...My Grandma was one of them...Her church's Ladie's Aid had a quilting group...Thanks for sharing this topic with us Tipper...God Bless 🙏🙏🙏

We had an experience that changed my way of thinking probably for the rest of my life. We went through hurricane Harvey. Our house was gutted and lost probably 80-90% of our “stuff/belongings”. After that I stopped “saving” so much and using whatever I have. During that time I realized my kids had no desire to have what I deemed a keepsake. (They were never ugly about it!! It just wasn’t their style). So enjoying this book. Thank you for sharing your time with us.

My Mom’s grandmother made her a beautiful quilt. It is the prettiest one I’ve ever seen. It is totally hand done and each stitch is perfect. Moma always kept it packed away even though she loved it and it was a prized possession. Now it’s mine and I have it on display in my bedroom. It makes me happy to see it every day.

That's how I feel. I hope I'm remembered for being a good mama and a good Granny. I'm very sentimental about saving special things that I've saved over the years. Things my grandparent's left me or made for me and my great grandmother over the years. I still have a little wooden jewelry box I got for Christmas when I was about 6 or 7 yrs. old. I have all my crocheted things and blankets that my great grandmother made me. She even made my daughter and I little aprons that I saved and she made my son the last baby blanket when he was birn. She died when my son was only two months old. She was the sweetest thing. You never left her house without something to take home with you. I don't care if it was an apple or a piece of candy. She meant you were leaving with something. lol!! 😊❤ I love the stories. I kinda felt sorry for the lady that was😊 in a mental institution in Nashville though. That was kinda sad. Thank you Tipper. ❤❤❤

Another wonderful reading, thank you Tipper. I hope my loved ones use my quilts until they are worn to nothing ❤

My grandma’s given me 2 hand-made quilts and taught me to sew. Still sleep better under those quilts than any other blanket ❤

Love the Friday reading time! Thank you so much. I watched the other day when you made the squab and remembered I had two in the back room I had not baked yet. With our snow storm raging outside today I had the pleasure of baking and smelling the delicious squash and had a big dish with just salt, pepper and butter for supper. Enjoy the visits with you and to our family very much .❄️👍❤️

My precious grandmother was blessed to live 99 yrs & made hundreds of quilts for her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren & others. The first quilt she made me was when I got married & not knowing I loved it to death. When it started fraying I was disappointed so she put it inside of my next quilt. I have everything she's made me & keep my cherished quilts in a chest & have only parted with personal baby quilts to our children for their children. Call me selfish but an appalachian girl & her quilts are not soon parted. As we've gotten older my husband will joke that I'm keeping them for my next husband but truth be told today's generation does not appreciate olden treasures nor their legacy. Thank You Tipper. ♥

Thank you, Tipper. I really do enjoy listening to you read.😊 And, handmade quilts, certainly are works of art. I've seen pictures of some, and they're so beautiful.😍 This story has actually inspired me to start making a quilt. Seeing as how it will be my first one, it's probably gonna be a raggedy ol' mess.🤣 But, I guess it's the thought that counts.😊 Prayers for Granny, are continuing. God Bless and keep y'all.😘💋😍🤗❤️☮️✨

I like to use and enjoy all of my things. I can understand how a person might woukd want to keep certain things preserved, but we only have one life and one go around, so I want to use and experience all of my pretty items. If you come to our home you are welcome to use and enjoy anything that we have. I treasure the things that have been given to me by my momma or grandmother, and I love to see the wear and tear on them. It usually brings back the wonderful memories of when they used them during my childhood. Thank you for sharing another wonderful read with us.

I remember my Great Grandmothers quilt was so beautiful and heavy. She always called it a log cabin quilt. It is beautiful to this day.

I'm in camp USE THE THING. I, on an everyday basis, use my grandmother's Corel ware dishes. I used to have service for 8 but my kids were clutzy so I have service for 5 completely and some extra pieces. I'd buy replacements except they are stupid expensive. I priced them just over 10 years ago and they were around $25 per piece. I understand wanting to keep something nice to pass down, but I get so much enjoyment from using them daily that I don't want to stop. Great video Tipper, thanks for the story!

I use mine hanging over the back of my sofa. I inherited them from my Granny who held quiltings. I just took the winter plaid off the back of my sofa as well as my Christmas pillows. I switched to my pieced summer looking quilt. I just enjoy my Granny’s handiwork so rather than putting them on the bed i prefer to put them on the back of my den sofa. I have added similar throw pillows. Always makes me smile and reminds me of the socialization in her quilting bees.

I remember my family's quilts. The quilt on my and my older sister's bed was The Little Dutch Boy and Little Dutch Girl. It was my favorite quilt. All our quilts were beautiful, and warm. I wish I had continued quilting, but I didn't. It is tedious work and so much time goes into making just one quilt. But, they certainly are treasures! ❤🙏

After listening to you read Mr. Irwin's book on Alex Stewart, I had our local library locate some of his other books through the interlibrary loan so I could read them. I particularly liked this book about the quilts of Appalachia. I am so glad that you are reading it to us now as I will have access to refer to it from now on. There are so many precious thoughts about the art of quilting included in the writing of this book. As a quilter, I appreciate Mr. Irwin's insight. Thanks for choosing to read this one to us, Tipper. P.S. Don't worry, you will be fondly remembered by many thousands of folks who are blessed by your work.

interesting! I love quilts.....have made many, mostly from my sewing scraps. That's my favorite kind of quilt. My country home is full of things that belonged to my mother, grandmother , and greatmother. I display as much as I can and enjoy looking at it every day. Some things are too fragile to use, but can be looked at and enjoyed...like your pitcher

I.m still trying to keep my mom's and relatives memories alive ,qui8tleing,sewing crochet making certain foods. Teaching our kids some of it. But life gets busy and sometimes health problems arise in a family that changes the direction for awhile. Know this personally . Don't stop sharing and reading to us Tipper. Keeps life real and memories flowing.Thank you.

Amen. Motherhood is our greatest treasure.

My granny was a lifelong quilter.When us boys got to cuttin up to bad we got to/had to sit at the frame and quilt .10 stitches to the inch.Needle point and embrodry also.Anyway ,back to the subject.My mother passed my baby quilt and wedding quilt to my wife.Telling her to be sure and keep them stored and not used . My wife made grannies face glow when she saw the Dogwood appliclay quilt being used on our bed.Baby quilt was pansy pattern. Granny wanted to see her quilts used! rstr.

Tk u for reading to us. It is so interesting to learn about an item's mostly common & simple origins being now elevated & valued as art. My mother was of the school that u saved ur 'nice' stuff for special occasions. I tk that stems from the fact that folks back then did not have the abundance we have today.

thanks for the memories my grandmother started me quilting at 3. that quilt is still around. made for a fund raiser to start a fire dept.

My mother tried so hard to get me to make clothes and despaired that I was more interested in decorating everything with embroidery, etc. When I married in 1992 I wanted a beautiful pieced quilt but couldn't afford the quality I wanted so I researched at the library and made my own. Quilts were practical enough to satisfy my mother and I can be as creative as I want. A win, win!

When i was little up into my teen years, i would visit my grandma in the summer up in the northern hills of AR. She was an avid quilter, with wooden long quiliting frames. I used to play under them but as i got older i learned how to "piece" together the quilts, eventually quilting along side of her for many a quilts listening to her stories and her instruction on how to sew a neat stitch. Years later long after my teen years, my aunt and uncle took my gma to a nursing home 2 days before Christmas and literally dropped her off. My mom wasnt told until after it had been done. I immediately took off work, and we went to see my gma. She was crying in her "new room", as she didnt have the things that meant the most to her; her bible, her calendar, a clock, and her quilting pieces. I went to her house and got them. 5 months later my gma died, i believe, from a broken heart, but i am so grateful for going to see her every weekend and us "piecing" together parts of a quilt during those short visits. It gave me my youth back like it was yesterday, and it helped my grandma remember her life b4 the cruelty that had been dealt to her at the hands of her own child. Thank you for the reading, i still have all of my grandmothers quilts, except the ones she had bagged up with a note inside saying " for the church". It brings me joy to have the warmth that only my gma could give me to this day long after her passing.

Hello Tipper. Oh the memories this book is reminding me of! Quilters from my life... grandmothers, church quilting groups, (whichever one I have belonged to), Women's groups.Grandma Angela was the quilter in our family. She's the one that taught me about making them. She had Star ones, Little Morton Salt Girl ones, flower ones, ( they were hard!), squares, also rectangular cut ones. Thank you for the reading.. and the memories. 🌹☕🌹

We really don't need quilts here in Tucson, Sister Rita- Marie call me from Wi. and said they were getting 12 inches of snow, I remember those days and yes we needed quilts then, Thank you for a great read Tipper. God Bless. 💛& 🙏🙏 for Granny. Jean

Oh how I wish I could have one of my granny’s quilts! She made them from worn out shirts and any other fabric she could get! They were so beautiful! I remember one the had the scent of my papaw’s tobacco . It always smelled so sweet to me!

This Quilting subject is vividly revealing about people, places, and things. Lovey for the individuals who are being rembered within each page of this book! 👏👏Thank you Tipper for your enlightening selection of story reading !!!

Thank you for your story today have a blesssed weekend

Another wonderful reading....I use the things I have of my Mothers, Grandmothers and my Mother in law...if I dont enjoy them who will....I especially love old quilts and was blessed to have inherited several...some in great condition and others not so much but I love and use them all...across the foot of my bed is a very old quilt the pattern is Dresden Plate...I am careful with it but I love the colors in it and just cant imagine packing it away...I try to rotate all of the quilts...I also love crazy quilts and I have a small baby crazy quilt...I am really enjoying this book...thank you Tipper

Yes quilts are so beautiful my Mum made a beautiful quilt for my youngest son when he was born doe his cot its a beautiful unicorn in lovely pastel colours but its machine made but I just adore it. Thanks Tipper for the reading God bless ❤

I have a friend who still makes quilts in Ohio, I had her make me one in the same pattern like my Grandma's old quilt and bought another one that she had up for sale. I'm currently living in the Philippines, so haven't had the chance to use them yet hahaha. But its nice to know they'll be waiting for me when it comes time to move back to the US.

It's interesting, the part about preservation of the quilts, or use of the quilts. I love history, so I guess I'm glad they were preserved. But my father's mother had quilts in her house and I slept under a few of them.

I use the quilts that were made by my mother, but I take very good care of them. She made them to be used as well as being beautiful.

I enjoyed the reading, my mother was a quilt make, growing up in SE Kentucky it was common place, it was a necessity really.

Now you're in my neck of the woods in Anderson County 😊 I've got threadbare quilts I've put away and a couple of "good" ones I use and a few I've put away...for my children and niece... I enjoyed hearing some of my local history from the writer👍❤

Thank you so much for the reading about quilts. Enjoying so much!

I enjoyed this video very much, both your reading, and your commentary. My preference is to make items that have beauty (in my eyes, of course} and which I can use and enjoy. I admit not using wedding gifts of crystal and silver received 42 years ago. My only is wish that more photos could be shown. Thank you for this lovely tribute to women and their creation of quilts that bring beauty into some very hard lives.

Alice Walker wrote a beautiful story titled "Everyday Use," about an uppity sister who returns from the big city to visit her mama and less refined sister with the intent to take two or three prized family quilts back to the city. Mama snatches the quilts and puts them in the lap of the slow sister, telling the uppity sister she can choose some others. "She'll just ruin them, " the uppity sister whines. I think the story title captures the author's preference regarding quilts. I probably agree.

I believe in using and enjoying your treasures.

As a child we put quilts on the window and doors to keep the heat in the house and they was also very warm to sleep under

Love this! I have so many quilts from my mother.

Wonderful story Mrs Tipper.❤🙏🙂

I would rather get a quilt made with love than a new car. It brings sweet memories of my Grandmother quilting and my Grandaddy helping her.

I got to thinking when you read Nancy Yarnell's last will and testament, the importance of having those. I also liked seeing the turkey in the one photo. I'm just eating radishes, watching the blizzard of snow as I speak. 5-9 inches of snow. Not thrilled, but sure is pretty to see. Live in Michigan. God Bless you and yours.

I remember Mama unraveling tops of old socks for her quilt making thread.

Praying and Blessed! 🤗🙏💕

Great video. I enjoy hearing both sides of the use issue. I tend to go with the idea that it's better to use things.

Thanks for reading about the Smith’s and Anderson county Tennessee. That’s my county & Bryams Fork is close by. The Tennessee State quilt made by the gentleman in Campbell county is beautiful and makes me proud🤗

I was a sewing mechanic for 25 years in a pant factory I worked on a lot of machines for women late made quilts when I had time I have a quilt one lady I worked with gave me it is art she was 91 years old and still making quilts

Beautiful work on Quilts! I need to get another One mine is gone! I'm going to sales too find!

Always such a touching story ❤

I fall into the category of using and enjoying my quilts. I also want the people that I make them for to use and enjoy them. The more they are loved the softer they get and the more they love you back. I love to have precious things around me and to use them everyday. When my Mama died, 10 years ago now, I decided to use her china for my everyday. It is so pretty and has green Ivy on it and it brings me so much joy. In the book it talked about the quilt that Jane Fonda purchased and it reminded that she also did a documentary on The Quilters of Gee’s Bend. They have a very distinct way of making quilts and she accompanied them to Chicago for an exhibition of their quilts. You might be able to find it on KZfaq. ❤

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I quilt. I had rather people that gift quilts to, use and love the quilts!

What we cherish and keep /care for special will be passed on to our children and they will also have the attitude of taking special care of things. I make most of my quilts to be used, drug around and loved to death but I have also made some special quilts that have ended up hanging on a wall with a sleeve and not used. Dishes, china, and crystal is something that needs to be talked about to convey their importance and specialness. I am a firm believer in documenting quilts with a label, too, so that future generations know the whys and wherefores of the quilt - who made it and for whom and why and when. This book is so very interesting! It is crazy what these women of yesteryear were paid for such specialized sewing skills.

I use all those special pieces. Our children do not care about all our old stuff. It will end up at the Thrift Shop or in the trash. It brings me great joy in using all of it!

I love the quilts you pictured. I stopped, backed up and enlarged them the best I could to see the details. They were beautiful! I love them! It’s so interesting to hear how and why people made quilts. I’m like the necessities people. Quilts are to be used. However, I understand if them sweet women had not packed them away their quilts we would have never got to enjoy seeing them, much less hear the stories behind them. I have a couple of old depression glass dishes that belonged to my grandmother and use to use them on special occasions. After talking to my daughter and realizing she didn’t want them I asked my niece and nephew but was told they would just sell it so that’s what I should do. So I did. At least most of them except for a couple of pieces which I still have. I told my daughter it was for my granddaughter when she grows up and gets her own place. If she didn’t want it at that time she could sell them to get something for her home to use daily. That’s why I’m so impressed how your girls love the vintage and antique things too. They will cherish the things you value. I finished my quilt and emailed pictures of it along with some other I made. Check your Celebrate Appalachia email Tipper. I hope I didn’t overload it. I got a little carried away attaching pictures. 😊

My sister in law was a quilter. She made me 3 t- shirt quilts and a few more beautiful ones. She was very talented. Now has passed. I do use my t-shirt quilt and have the others packed away. I think of her as I sleep under it!

I had never heard of liquid embroidery and had to look it up. I used to do thread embroidery but it's been many years.

I am using Granny’s quilts. She said that she made them to be used and that she used them every day so that I should as well. my children don’t care anything about such things so I want to enjoy it as long as I can

We have a set of beautiful blue and white dishes that we bought when we were stationed in Korea. They have been used maybe 5 times. We never had fine China and I joke that we now have fine Korea. I haven't even looked at them in 6 years. They aren't something that I made. They are really beautiful and precious to us.

Economics. I've lived in a camper almost 3 yrs. Retired alone. It's affordable and I like it. And I'm stationary and love my area😊

Could there be a better way to spend a rainy Friday night? Great time to snuggle under a quilt and listen to a story. 🌧️☔️🌧️

One year I made Christmas stockings for my girls and I made them like a crazy quilt. I used all sorts of fancy fabric scraps and did embroidery on them. They were the girls favorite. I like to use the pretty things, I can’t take them with me when I die and the girls don’t really care for them. Have a great weekend. TeresaSue

My great grandmother made 3 quilts..1 nursery rhymes, 1 state flowers and 1 with octagon shapes..my mom hid them from me cause I was wearing them out

Tipper, I think that big snow you've been wanting is coming your way with the next storm -- a couple of days. That's what it looked like on our weather report tonight, anyway.

Since you started the book I've read up on whether there was a tradition of quilting here in N. Ireland Tipper. Apparently it was introduced by the wives of the gentry doing the equivalent of a quilting get together for the folks on the estate areas. There's also facts such as the female workers in the Linen mills in Belfast sorting through the off cut bags at the end of the working day for linen scraps to make the quilts. I also read that there was a particular signature way of quilting here that may have been transferred by immigrants to the states, the author would know if that was the case. I didn't think this book would've been interesting, but given the social, historical, and cultural aspects, it it is interesting. The story about the woman in the mental institution struck a cord, my mum was a psychiatric nurse and she told me about elderly people she cared for who had been institutionalised aged about 12 or so by their well off parents just because they were on the autistic spectrum and the parents found it embarrassing, so they paid for them to be admitted and kept out of sight, very sad.

Unbathed old men!! 🤣🤣🤣

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Sadly, many of my younger relatives have no interest in "old stuff". I have some lovely and precious (to me) family heirlooms, and I can't imagine not wanting to hold them dear. But the younger generations have so much technology that they can't find room or interest in these older things. I'm hoping that before I die, the pendulum will swing back to the appreciation of family histories. If not, I guess the old stuff will be sold or given away out of the family.

OK latest snow report from our lady for you is 4-6AM ish, early Monday morning. BUT THE ONE I WAS TALKING ABOUT COMES FRIDAY - ISH. (Our weather lady is usually pretty close to right. We'll see.)

Dusty took a picture of a bald eagle up in Happy Valley near the Yadkin River today. I'll send it to you. It was taken from far away but it is definitely a bald eagle.

When my mom made a crazy quilt she sewed the peices of fabric to paper then peeled it off the back. I don't remember why she did this. Her crazy quilts were very colorful ❤

If something's are not preserved for future generations to see there will not be any record of how the people of Appalachia lived. My grandmothers oil lamps are precious to me they are not made the way modern oil lamps are. They were actually made for use.

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I don't know how to make imogies.

Someone in your house appreciates your reading a lot less than we do or they wouldn't be making those noises.

Very nice the things you had to say about women being remembered. And I look for quilts at garage sales and thrift stores. Even estate sales. I love old quilts. The women who made them were so talented. Even the men folk who made them.