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Old-fashioned bed turning at Sod House Museum

 

February 28, 2018



Ready for an old-fashioned bed turning? Martha Ray of Pawnee will be at the Sod House Museum near Aline to present just that on Saturday, March 17, at 10 a.m.

What is an old-fashioned bed turning? In a time when pioneer women did not have much of a social life, they would bring their quilts when they got together and enjoy the spotlight while telling the story of making the quilt, the fabric used, the pattern and the challenges faced in creating it. With several women in one house there was not a proper place to display all the quilts out in the open, so they would place them in layers on...



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