Sewing Like Pioneers

After working at the Daughters of Utah Pioneer Museum for the last two weeks, I've become accustomed to the pace at which the museum works. It truly is a valuable experience to work at a museum. This museum in particular is an incredible place to work at. Everyone that works is a volunteer - even the president. The team is a dedicated, fun, loving group of individuals that spends their time creating an opportunity for families and the community members to learn about their county's history. They welcome everyone that wants to learn about the pioneers and create wonderful memories.

We had an exciting visitor come to the museum today. A reporter from the local news paper stopped by to feature us in the local news paper this coming Saturday.



The museum has a quilt that they set up in the basement. It is open for any visitor to sew on. The only ketch is that it is sewn just like the pioneers would have sewn it, by hand with a needle and thimble.



I was fun to sit down for a while in a circle working on this quilt. The reporter was there taking photos of us and asking question about the quilt and the museum. It is really entertaining to sit in a circle with the ladies at the museum that day. We had a lot of laughs and I learned so much.



One of the things that were told was the tradition of how to quilt. In the time of the pioneers when the Indians would sew a quilt they would on purpose flip a square and sew it upside down. This was a tradition in the culture that the pioneers picked up. The upside down this was a symbol that nothing was perfect except God. It was exciting to learn about the adopted tradition. 

I also spent some time on the computer learning about the research program that we have on it. There is a section of the museum that is dedicated to the finding and research of ancestral pioneers. Anyone that has an ancestor that came across the plains is welcome to come in and look up information on there family. We have stories, documents and pictures that they can look and and order if they want a copy.



I looked through the program and made myself familiar  with the system and how to use it so that I can help the visitors easily access their family information.