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| Mom's quilts were utilitarian rather than fancywork and her boys were the work crew. |
We put together a booklet on Mom with some photo and a little history. You can read it at the link below. Transferring it to the internet seems to have lost a little of the resolution for some photos.
Alberta C Hanson booklet link
We spent the days since October 25, when she died, cleaning, organizing and distributing things from the farm house. It was a good way to reminisce and keep busy with my brothers and wives and some nieces and nephews. Much more is set aside to distribute including a great deal of handwork from great aunts, grandmothers and others that came to Mom over the years.
It seems that if you know how to knit, crochet or embroider there is nothing safe--no toilet paper or soap bar uncovered, no cup or saucer without a fancy setting, no pillow or towel without a fringe and some artwork. No idle hands in the Hanson family women of a certain age.
Mom never had the interest or patience for this kind of handwork, preferring painting, growing things, and writing. Brother Marv is collecting dozens of handwritten stories. Son, Scott plans to put 7 years of a newspaper Kitchen Column together for a family book. I made the brief summary booklet to handout at the funeral.
