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Grace McCance
Grace Bell McCance Snyder (April 23, 1882 – December 8, 1982), is an American quilter, former pioneer and centenarian, whose story is known through the books ''No Time on My Hands'' and ''Pioneer Girl: Growing Up on the Prairie''. Biography Childhood Grace McCance went to Nebraska with her parents in 1885 to homestead in a sod house in Custer County, which her father acquired through the Homestead Act. She had nine siblings. She had three childhood dreams: to create the most beautiful quilts, to look down from a cloud, and to marry a cowboy. As a small child, she pieced quilt blocks while tending the family's cows. It would be years before she made a quilt from purchased fabric instead of scraps. Adulthood McCance grew up in Nebraska Sand Hills, where she first met her future husband, Bert, at 17. He offered to help her family when her father fell ill. She met Bert again at 21, where they married in 1903 and spent 53 years together before his passing. They lived on a ranc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quilter
Quilting is the term given to the process of joining a minimum of three layers of fabric together either through stitching manually using a needle and thread, or mechanically with a sewing machine or specialised longarm quilting system. An array of stitches is passed through all layers of the fabric to create a three dimensional padded surface. The three layers are typically referred to as the top fabric or quilt top, batting or insulating material and the backing. Quilting varies from a purely functional fabric joinery technique to highly elaborate, decorative three dimensional surface treatments. A wide variety of textile products are traditionally associated with quilting that includes bed coverings, soft home furnishings, garments and costumes, wall hangings, artistic objects and cultural artefacts. A wide range of effects can be employed by the quilter that contribute to the final surface quality and utility of the quilted material. The quilter controls these effec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebraska Quilters
Nebraska () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. It is the only triply landlocked U.S. state. Indigenous peoples, including Omaha people, Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee people, Pawnee, Otoe tribe, Otoe, and various branches of the Lakota people, Lakota (Sioux) tribes, lived in the region for thousands of years before European exploration. The state is crossed by many historic trails, including that of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Nebraska's area is just over with a population of over 1.9 million. Its state capital, capital is Lincoln, Nebraska, Lincoln, and its largest city is Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha, which is on the Missouri River. Nebraska was admitted into the United States in 1867, two years after the end of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
