| The Great Depression was an era that
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| | issue to increase their readership.
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| created quite a challenge for women who
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| | After all, most household budgets could
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| desired to quilt. Not only was money very
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| | not afford to purchase a magazine, yet
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| tight in households, but there were
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| | alone several quilting patterns.
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| limited supplies nationwide. Women had
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| | So to continue selling magazines and to
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| to turn to creativity and resourcefulness
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| | promote the purchase of fabrics, many
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| in order to create beautiful quilts.
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| | vendors chose to offer free patterns that
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| Some popular quilts of today were
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| | would encourage the purchases. Patterns
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| actually born from The Great Depression.
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| | such as the Star of Bethlehem, Wedding
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| The Great Depression, for those of us who
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| | Ring, Grandmother's Flower Garden and
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| weren't around at the time, was an
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| | even Dresden Plate are just some of the
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| economic slump in North America, Europe,
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| | patterns we still use today that were
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| and other industrialized areas of the
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| | actually the result of The Great
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| world that began in 1929 and lasted until
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| | Depression.
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| about 1939. Begun with the collapse of
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| | Often women would share one magazine.
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| agricultural prices in the 1920's, it's
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| | They would trace the quilting patterns or
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| most well-known for the 1929 collapse of
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| | even a picture from a quilt photographed
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| Wall Street. It was the longest and most
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| | for the magazine to make their own
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| severe depression ever experienced by the
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| | patterns at home. The most popular
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| industrialized Western world.
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| | magazines would occasionally offer
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| Bankers and other previously weather
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| | iron-on quilt patterns. These were
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| individuals who lost everything jumped to
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| | extremely well received since several
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| their deaths from buildings. Workers who
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| | women could share not only the cost of
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| could find jobs still struggled to be
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| | the magazine but could share the iron-on
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| able to feed their families. With the
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| | patterns for their quilting.
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| total collapse of the economy, people
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| | Thus, offering free quilting patterns
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| found creative ways to brings in small
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| | actually became a common marketing
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| amounts of cash while businesses had to
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| | tradition that is still used today.
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| become creative to survive by vying for a
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| | I found it particularly interesting that
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| portion of that hard-earned money from
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| | what was used to market to women and sell
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| their customers.
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| | women's magazines in The Great Depression
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| So it's easy to see why companies selling
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| | is still used today. Many companies even
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| quilt fabrics, threads and tools had to
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| | offer free patterns in their magazines
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| find a way to create value in their
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| | for quilting and other crafts.
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| products and encourage quilters to
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| | We offer the same service at to people
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| continue to spend such hard-earned cash.
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| | who sign up for the patterns, even if
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| Luckily for them, quilts were a necessity
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| | they don't belong to the members-only
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| that had to be created by hand because
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| | section of the website. Of course, those
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| the severe economic times limited the
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| | who do join the members-only site
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| ability to purchase them.
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| | regularly receive original patterns
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| Women magazines began offering similar
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| | created just for our members.
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| quilting patterns for free with each
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