Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/24

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Subject: [Leica] Quilters
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun Jun 24 09:47:10 2007
References: <a3f189160706240927i4f462066se83c4571dfee6226@mail.gmail.com>

Sonny,

A very nice series of images from the show, very well done as usual.  Thanks 
for sharing.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr@gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 11:27 AM
Subject: [Leica] Quilters


> My mother was a quilter, her mother and  her grandmother were as well.
>
> Quilts are not just  folksy ways to keep warm on a winter's night, they 
> are
> handcrafted in patterns from scraps of  cloth.  In the case of  my family,
> many of the scraps came from the leftovers from hand-made garments for the
> family.  In one of my Mom's quilts there's a patch that came from some of 
> my
> pajamas  made when I was five.
>
> That background made me want to go see a production of "The Quilters" at 
> the
> NSU  Summer Theatre.   These are usually well worth the time and the 
> modest
> admission, and this was more than that.  I snapped a few pictures of the
> show.  It depicts through song, dance and not a few moving dramatic 
> scenes,
> childbirth, prairie fires,  marriage, and most all  glimpses of  the lives
> of the women who shaped a great portion of our country.
>
> Five pictures begin here:
>
> http://www.sonc.com/quilters/pages/L1005276.htm
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> USA
>
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