working at the DUP museum

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 spend 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 catch is that it is sewn just like the pioneers would have sewn it, by hand with a needle and thimble.

It  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 where 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.