Saturday, 10 September 2016

Scotch Quilt



Anna Mary Robertson became a live-in housekeeper at the age of twelve. One of the families she worked for noticed her love of their Currier and Ives prints. They gave her crayons and chalk so she could create her own pictures. At 27 she married Thomas Salmon Moses, a farm hand who worked for the same employer. Industry and thrift helped them buy their own farm where they raised five children. For many years “Grandma” Moses made quilts and needlepoint pictures for friends and family. By the time she was seventy-six arthritis made holding a needle difficult, so she took up painting. When her right hand hurt too much to hold the brush, she’d switch to her left. In three decades she produced over 1,500 canvasses. “I get an inspiration and start painting,” she said. “Then I'll forget everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will know how we used to live.”

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