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Show Matter of Patches. Seven-year-old James and his mother moth-er were visiting the hitter's spinster aunts. As was their custom these maiden ladies showed their visitors their vast supply of home-pieced quilts. "This is the first four-patch Jane ever made," announced one proudly, delaying a quilt whose blocks were made up of four square pieces. "And this is Mary's nine-patch," explained ex-plained Jane. "She made it when she was only seven years Old." The third quilt was an embroidered silk one, made of myriads of tiny ir regular pieces the gifts of friends and the remnants from ancient wedding wed-ding and reception clothes. James Blared at It a few minutes and then he turned to his mother. "Is this one tin all-pal eh?" he asked. |