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Machine Embroidered Pot Holder - Triple Butte Ranch

Machine Embroidered Pot Holder - Triple Butte Ranch - Potholder
Accession #: 4037.6
Title: Machine Embroidered Pot Holder - Triple Butte Ranch
Object Type: Potholder
Participants:
Physical Description: White cotton pot holder with a dark grey machine embroidered quotation, story, and designs, and a red and white print cotton edging and hanging loop. The embroidered story continues on both sides of the pot holder and is dated "September 8, 1945, Picnic"
Description: Spokane resident Pearl Allen invented a unique way to record family stories. One day, she was patching her sons' overalls using a foot-powered sewing machine. She lifted the machine's presser foot so she could move the fabric freely, and machine-stitched the boys' names in flowing script. From that moment on, she recorded family moments on fabric of all sizes, from tablecloths to hot pads and diploma cases. Pearl's free-form stitchery reflects a free spirit. Her son Clyde once described her as being "as independent as a hog on ice."
Category: History
Dimensions:
height 10 1/4"
width 6 1/2"
Materials/Techniques:
muslin ( -> -> -> ->cotton (textile)) (Material)
thread ( -> -> ->cord (fiber product)) (Material)
cotton (textile) ( -> -> -> ) (Material)
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Credit Line: Gift of Clyde and Kathleen Allen, 2002

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