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Show THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 1983 Sunday, January 23, Page 29 As you sew... She Lives Through Her Life as She Looks at Quilts av By APRYL COX I Along with the pieced quilt given by Phoebe Or ton as a Christmas present to a relative, was a note that stated the recipient could do what she wanted with it, with one stipulation. "You can use it as a rug or to wallpaper the wall. But I'll haunt you if you ever use it for the dog." The Orem woman lives through her life as she looks at her quilts, she says. She began early in her marriage, at the beginning of the depression. "We were on a farm. We had our own pigs, chickens, cows and garden spot We didn't notice a lot of things except that there was no (o-- v i CSii V itm .... s-- . NTa 1 Blending colors is easier now than when these two , quilts were made. Mrs. Orton holds a quilt she made of dress fabrics and bleached sugar sacks. T Bi- RTUDAY - U PARTIES - "- phovid Slurtt loveliest women through quilting.' ttatal Uh trfab blariai ImIu Inn and May Ammwki Hrihdav Smi Cbstk't IritUay A 'You can use it as a rug or wallpaper. But Til haunt you if you ever use it for the dog.' : - A v to draft the patterns anymore. Her latest quilt shows a very Mrs. Orton still retains some of different design and color scheme her early quilts because the fabrics from her first. She brought out one cannot be replaced Most of the block, a stark geometric design of hundreds of quilts she has sewn solids in black, white and red. were sold or given away. Mrs. Orton isn't worried about At one time, she had pieced so what will happen to her quilt tops many tops she decided to advertise. and quilts in the future. "They didn't sell for much then. I "I have enough quilt lovers in my remember getting $35 for a top and family that what happens to the thinking it was a small fortune. quilts after I'm gone is no "As I began making a little money, I used it to replace the material. I feel more free now to use money I get from Social Security. My wants are few. If I want to spend $60 for material, I can afford nNBsrasm it. I want to spend it that way." oman i (unnmn . rtm For some time, she had to give up quilting as well as other handwork because of cataracts. She is now I I able to quilt again. "I still don't see true. It bothers a my ? me considerably that I don't match mm SPORT COATS II all the points and my fine lines I 1 I II Reg. aren't always true. It's hard to get over being a perfectionist. I'll have $139 L to accept it or give up entirely." 39 W. 200 N Mall 125 W. Center Jy J 1300 S. 374 Orem, 225-31- Mon.-Sa- t. SHOP AT HOME " t-shi- Dresden plate design is appliqued with bold prints. Provo STKffS and bedspreads. 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The same Mrs. Orton pointed to a green and thing can be done in greens and white striped fabric in the first one, blues." For years, quilters had to make recalling it had once been a ruffled skirt her daughter wore in junior their own patterns, she says. Now, high school about 35 years ago. she can take them from books. "All the books you read say to Very fashionable at the time, she start with a real simple pattern. said. The blue, red and white plaid Girls don't want to. They want to worn by her youngest daughter, is make the most beautiful quilt they the newest fabric in the quilt. It is ever saw the first time. I don't blame them. Now, they don't have 30 years old. H 40-- - Consequently, Mrs. Orton cut up and stored all the fabric she could. Old dresses and bleached sugar and salt sacks were occasionally supplemented by a purchased piece of - ypf; ' v money." fabric. "Material was hard to get between money and the depression. 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