At 08:31 PM 4/27/2005, you wrote:
At which museum is this being featured? I saw some of them when I was at
Stanford U touring the Hoover Tower.
Lorri
Sorry, I thought I put it in the story. It's the Herbert Hoover childhood
home in Newberg, Oregon. The house has been made into the Herbert
Piecework, the magazine, had an article last fall I think aboutthe
gratitude of the Belgian people for the care that Pres. Hoover helped them
when he was President. The use of the flour sacks for quilts and other uses
for small pieces of fabric. We added wools so some could knit . One
Nifty! There's an exhibit on-line at his Presidential Library -
http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/collections/flour%20sacks/
What a treat - there's even a pair of bloomers ;-)
Su
Alice Howell wrote:
I just opened my paper and read about a display of flour sacks stitched for
Presiden
] museum exhibit - flour sacks
I just opened my paper and read about a display of flour sacks stitched for
Presiden Hoover by people in Belgium years ago. It's the 50th anniversary
of the museum, and they are celebrating with this exhibit. A few quotes
and story summary from the full page
