Franklin Roosevelt's Postage Stamp Quilt: The Story of Estella Weaver Nukes' Presidential Gift
by:
Kyra E. Hicks (author)
A Saturday morning search of African American newspapers from the 1930s uncovered a startling headline: “President Roosevelt Gets Present of Novel Quilt Designed By Indiana Woman.” Who was this Hoosier quiltmaker? What inspired her to gift the President of the United States with a quilt? What...
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A Saturday morning search of African American newspapers from the 1930s uncovered a startling headline: “President Roosevelt Gets Present of Novel Quilt Designed By Indiana Woman.”
Who was this Hoosier quiltmaker? What inspired her to gift the President of the United States with a quilt? What was so “novel” about the bedcovering that Black newspapers across the country carried its story? Where is the celebrated quilt today?
Follow the surprising pursuit from a WPA Sewing Room in Marion, Indiana to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC and even on to England and France.
Quilter Kyra E. Hicks, who previously shared the true story of a young slave girl’s fifty-year quest to see Queen Victoria and give her a quilt, now takes us on a Depression-era adventure featuring exquisite quilts made for Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Bonus White House Quilt Block included.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B009KXX7VW
Publish date: 2012-10-02
Publisher: Black Threads Press
Pages no: 48
Edition language: English
This is a lovely little book. Basically an essay, but it details the history of a quilt that was sent to FDR. Hicks does an excellent job relating the events as well as the history Estella Weaver Nukes. This was quite a nice read, and a steal for I got it when it was offered free.If you are interest...
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