Wordless Wednesday 9/30

Victory Quilt

 This beautiful quilt top is know as a strip quilt.  It uses strips of left over fabric to make the top.  The beauty of this quilt is that the center strips are all made of the same material.  When you look closely you can see that the center strips make a "V". 

During WWII the V was for victory.  Our Nation banded together and saved as much as it could to help support our troops.  Wonderful propaganda posters came out, declaring to plant gardens and to keep chickens.  Another lesson learned by those that make Victory Quilts was thrift.  Those women and men knew how to save everything that
was useful.

 Quilts made during the Great Depression and WWII were often parts of other quilts.  If a blanket was worn down it became the middle of another blanket.  If a skirt, shirt or pair of pants became so worn that it served no purpose it became a strip of quilt.  Being thrifty served two purposes.  One it was patriotic, Uncle Sam needed everything for the boys at war.  Two it helped our nation survive the Great Depression. 

How was all of the great knowledge gained?  A wonderful woman now gone to the other side,  Mae.  Everyone called her grandma, for she adopted everyone that needed love.  A woman who, although was blind, insisted that she keep sewing strip quilt tops to help others.  Most of her tops were donated to a local church quilting group, finished then given to those in need. 

What can we learn from all of this? 

Be thrifty, it can make wonderful history.

Learn something from an older generation.  You never know what you will learn.

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Getting Rid of Bugs with Dill!

 I found a a disturbing sight when I went into the garden yesterday.  My beet tops eaten to stubs.  With a closer look I found the little bugger doing the job.  A gray and blacked dotted beetle.  Even worse they were starting to enjoy my squash plants.  I did notice that the beetle did not go near the squash plant that was near dill.  Happy Day!  I did dust the beets with Diatomaceous Earth, to kill them off.  Be careful with Diatomaceous Earth!  It is not a discriminatory killer!  It will kill all bugs that happen to touch it.  This morning I went out and watered the garden and made sure the poison washed off. 

 Wouldn't want a bee getting poisoned while pollinating the garden.  I

See the little gray beetles? 

Even leaving their mark on my squash plants!

Same plant just had dill by the leaves!!

After being dusted with poison.  Saved the female blossom.

Darklight Headlamp~ Review

Practical! I found that I could use this light to read, and garden by. It is bright! Perfect for finding Tomato Worms!

I love that I could angle the light to where I needed it most. I didn't have to twist my neck and could do tasks while comfy!

I didn't like the top strap. Because of my long hair the top strap was a pain! It took forever to get it in a comfy place and then it took a while to figure out how to get out of the straps without pulling my hair out. I found that it is much easier to just take the top strap off. I'm sure not many have hair down to their bum and have to deal with that problem, but I did. Kiddo likes all of the straps, but his hair is kept short.


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I received the product for free in exchange for my unbiased review.

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