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LOGGER'S SHEET

LOGGER: Greg Wood
REEL NUMBER:  3A   
STAGE: Tennesee Talk
DATE: 7-5-86    
PRESENTOR: Glenn Hinson
GROUP NAME: Quilting Workshop
REGION/STYLE: Tennessee

[[2 columned table]]
| PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- | 
| Vacie Thomas | quilter, Chattanooga |  
| Nora Ladd | quilter, Kingston |            
| Gena Thacker | quilter, Harriman |               

CONTENTS
1. Glenn: utility and art in quilting
marriage of community esthetic&individual art
2. Vacie: started as a quilter on paper, by age of 15, she made 5 quilts
3. Nora: started at age 20, has made around 2000 quilts
4. - Thacker: quilts for warmth of family (9 in family)
5. Nora: winter days with piles of quilts
6. Vacie: quilts of past were more utilitarian, some from [[strikethrough]] burlap bags [[/strikethrough]] tobacco sacks; 3-4 quilts per bed 
7. Glenn asks about community quilting 
8. - Thacker: church groups in community process
9. Vacie: mother never attended bees, always at home with children aiding
10. - Thacker: quilting for marriage gifts, friends, pastor,
families suffering fire tragedy, babies
11. quilters discuss amount (or lack) of conversation during sessions
12. Ladd: winter and summers; nights for quilting 
13. Vacie: quilting on winter afternoons
14. Other sewing in house during youth:
-Thacker: embroidery, crocheting
-Ladd
-Thacker: dressmaking in house
-Vacie Thomas: clothing made at home quilts made from clothing scraps
15. Vacie: description of tobacco sacks