Use it up Wear it out Make it do Or do without

@ucanleaveyourhaton

Жыл бұрын

Love it ❤️

@pamelaspooner7183

Жыл бұрын

Yep, make do and mend.

@novaricos

Жыл бұрын

both of my Grandmothers from Nova Scotia, in the Maritimes of Canada, made sure I knew this and learned how to make and do everything by hand, as they had grown up with, in the days before electricity and automobiles and shopping every day! one grandma loved all the old ways and the other grandma said, that if she never had to make another quilt or clean and trim another oil lamp in her life, she would die a happy woman ! LOL!

Extremely interesting! In my family, because we were very poor until the children started going out to work and contribute to the family, my mother ALWAYS made quilts with our old clothes. Towards the end of her life, she made friends with a seamstress, and the woman gave her ALL the little bits of fabric from her shop. My mother transformed those scraps into wonderful quilts full of color and movement. She made one for each child, then for the oldest granddaughters who showed interest. We treasure these quilts as our family heirloom. I can really relate to the Wagga quilts, and would even if I did not have a family connection with the idea of "making do".

As a resident of Wagga I just had to say hello. I am 75 now and as a child mum made us kids a Wagga to put on our beds. They were made from what ever scraps of fabric she could find. They were lovely but very heavy.

many thanks for the wonderful history lesson.

Finally, someone who talks about Waggas (pronounced Woggah). If we had old worn blankets, Mum would make a fabric cover for them, and quilt it and we would use it on the floor for us kids to play on or out on the side lawn on hot Summer days or at picnics. And we weren't a family of quilters. We also had floor mats (e.g. in front of the kitchen sink), made of hessian sacks with the edges bordered with fabric from old clothes.

I really enjoyed watching your video from a senior housing apartment complex in South Windsor, Connecticut, USA!

Thank you for this fine lesson of Wagga quilts

how very interesting, i'm Australian & from NSW & have never heard of the Wagga , then again none of my family were quilters either; i've just discovered it in my later years & love the patchwork look; this was a wonderful history lesson & it should be in our schools too; thanx for sharing

Enjoyed the history and interconnectivity that "quilting" provides! Thank you for all your work! would love to see more, as your research continues! Maybe information regardingin storage and display suggestions in family homes, and also how to share individual works , if someone has Wagga quilts to share.

Thank you so much for this fascinating and enjoyable podcast.

Very informative so interesting I love quilts!

What a sweet introduction! "I know enough to be dangerous." I just may steal that line.

Fascinating lecture.

Thanks for sharing this!

@eurekacentre9922

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Very interesting 😊

Thank you for an interesting and educational recording.

This was such an interesting talk. Thank you.

@eurekacentre9922

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you for posting this video and the work you are doing. Too often it is only the clothes and fabric items of the bourgeoisie that are preserved and placed on exhibition. I am aware of the Japanese shasiko and the American feed sack story but I had never heard of the Wagga. I also find it fascinating that Wagga's started of through men. Your four minute video was absolutely brilliant. Thank you from the UK.

I used to live in Wagga Wagga.

@katrinawright5388

Жыл бұрын

Me too I was married in the park where the guinea pig pens were 😊

I made a wagga back in 2008 from an old woollen blanket and covered it with an old bed sheet. I still use it.

I make tee shirt quilts, and these often include blue jeans and other old clothes. Gifts for kids going away to college in colder climates.

They were a tough crowd!

I have slept under similar quilts owned by elderly Native American folks back in the 70's. So, the same type of quilt is not limited to Australia. Sadly those quilts were in the place when it burned up.

I applaud your research and learned a lot. We're I you I'd make bullet points with the script in talking points. Talk off your bullets. You know the subject, you just don't trust yourself.

@juliem.679

11 ай бұрын

I agree. It's an interesting topic but staring at the top of the lecturer's head for 40 minutes sucks a lot of the energy out of the lecture.

15:27 before he starts talking about the Wagga!

Loved the funny little video!! 🧶

@susanallenreads8306

Жыл бұрын

Jamie from Carpinteria?

@jamiethrogmorton2540

Жыл бұрын

@@susanallenreads8306 yes, Susan Allen? Are you up here in the PNW now?

@susanallenreads8306

Жыл бұрын

@@jamiethrogmorton2540 we are at the cottage and I was passing the evening looking at quilting videos. That video popped up and I randomly looked at comments and saw your name….how many of you can there be.

@jamiethrogmorton2540

Жыл бұрын

@@susanallenreads8306 wow that is a small world, finding each other when we’re both in the PNW on a video of an obscure craft from Australia! I’ve seen your pics this last week, enjoy it all!!

Fascinating. I lived in Wagga Wagga. I so wish Americans would try a bit harder to learn our pronunciations. Wagga is said as wogga as in hog-uh Wagga Wagga is therefore ‘Wogguh Wogguh’ Thank you

@ellbow7287

Жыл бұрын

How precious are you. Did you never consider that because of the differing accent that to his ear he is saying wogga. He's not a trained linguist.

@sehryn

Жыл бұрын

@@ellbow7287 oh so you assume he’s hard of hearing and a bit simple so can’t possibly be expected to learn a very common easy pronunciation? Go away!

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@roselee4445

Жыл бұрын

Your imogie and lack of punctuation lost me tgere. Have no idea what you said

Tough crowd.