Category: Handicrafts

Winter’s the quilting season

Blue Ridge VA resident Mamie Bryan quilted during the winter months, setting up her quilting frame in the living room near the fire.

Thanks to the Appalachian Craft Revival, a Berea, KY firm rose up to become one of the nation’s foremost companies specialized in handweaving.

Just as the mail order catalog began to give mountaineers access to consumer products, a regional movement to market traditional crafts began.

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