For an assignment in a class called “Colonizing Girlhoods: L.M. Montgomery and Laura Ingalls Wilder,” the professor took us to the Special Collections department of the college library to look at books and artifacts associated with the Little House and Anne of Green Gables series, such as spinoffs, older editions, paper dolls, alphabet books, guidebooks
It took me almost six months, but I finally completed the few last steps on the Button Box quilt I started in March as a fanwork for Linda Sue Park’s Prairie Lotus (read my review here). By March 12, I had finished piecing the top. All I needed to do was put on a border, sandwich
Once in a while, you’re unmistakably called. I started making quilts in 1990. I even did it full-time for a while. I stopped in 2004, when my first kid was born and it felt too dangerous to quilt around little ones. It sounds funny to think of quilting as dangerous, but between the hot iron,
Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park. Published March 3, 2020. Linda Sue Park must have read and loved Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books as much as I did as a kid. Reading about Hanna in Prairie Lotus hits some deep emotional beats I remember living through with Laura: School trouble. Recitations. Hoop skirts going through doorways. Oranges.
Welcome to the U.S. Truly, welcome. It’s part of American culture to value homemade gifts the most. We treasure knowing that the giver thought of the recipient and made something special for them. I know this is not the finest hour for Americans, but I hope we can remember that we have dear, good qualities
You can unsubscribe anytime.