The Quilt Fiction Podcast
Summary: The Quilting Life on the Written Page, as read to you by award-winning author Frances O'Roark Dowell (Birds in the Air, Margaret Goes Modern, Dovey Coe, Shooting the Moon). In Season One, Friendship Album, 1933, tells a heart-warming story of strangers brought together by quilting and made into family. In Season Two, Dowell reads Aunt Jane of Kentucky by Eliza Calvert Hall. First published in 1907 and set in rural western Kentucky in the late nineteenth century, the book recounts an elderly quilt-maker Aunt Jane’s memories of life in the rural south as told to an unnamed younger woman visitor. The book was hugely popular in its time, reaching over a million readers, and President Theodore Roosevelt was one of Aunt Jane’s biggest fans.
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In "The Gardens of Memory," Aunt Jane discusses her philosophy of the garden. This is the last episode of the season. Thanks so much for listening to the Quilt Fiction reading of Eliza Calvert Hall's Aunt Jane of Kentucky.
In this chapter of Aunt Jane of Kentucky by Eliza Calvert Hall, a woman takes revenge on her miserly husband.
In this story, a woman takes revenge on her miserly husband. (Part 1 of 2 reading Chapter Eight of Aunt Jane of Kentucky by Eliza Calvert Hall.
Sam Amos thought he might win a blue ribbon riding in a horse show at the fair -- until his horse kept going! Chapter Seven of Aunt Jane of Kentucky by Eliza Calvert Hall.
In Chapter Six of Aunt Jane of Kentucky by Eliza Calvert Hall, Aunt Janes tells the story of how some husbands and wives are destined (predestined?) to spend their marriages arguing about religion.
A woman raises her son to be a great man, in spite of difficult circumstances. Enjoy Chapter Five of Aunt Jane of Kentucky by Eliza Calvert Hall.
In Chapter Four of Aunt Jane of Kentucky by Eliza Calvert Hall, Aunt Jane tells the story of the day Milly Amos came to church and refused to sing.
Aunt Jane gives her quilts an airing out and remembers the time Sarah Jane Mitchell finally won a blue ribbon at the County Fair.
In Chapter Two of Aunt Jane of Kentucky by Eliza Calvert Hall, Aunt Jane tells the story of the time the ladies of Goshen Church raise enough money to buy an organ and how the voice of one of their choir members, Uncle Jim Matthews, proves to be a trial and tribulation to the members of their congregation, and beyond.
Sally Ann decides it’s finally time to tell the men of Goshen Church a thing or two about their shortcomings.
In this special episode of the Quiltfiction Podcast, Florence Grangerfield searches for the Christmas spirit in a church soup kitchen.
"Turkey in the Straw: Bess, 1925 (A Friendship Album Story)" finds Bess Wilcox preparing for a simple Thanksgiving dinner when the guest list begins to grow exponentially. As a modern woman, she feels she should be able to handle preparing a feast for a large gathering of friends, family and neighbors all by herself. Her new housekeeper, Dorothy Johnson, has her doubts.
Eighteen-year-old Eula Jean Rhodes is widely regarded as one of the best quilters and cooks in her small farming community of Homerville, Ohio. While some wonder when Eula will marry, Eula wonders who would be interested — and she's not sure if she cares. Life at home with her rambunctious brothers, fun-loving sisters and understanding mother is comfortable and comforting. But when she meets Dan Baker, a farmer with an eye for quilts, she begins to wonder if she might be ready to make a home of her own.
In the final chapter of the novel, Emmeline is in for a big surprise at the quilt show.
Dorothy recalls a revealing conversation with Emmeline as she gets ready for guests.
