The Quilting Clubs of the 1930s and 1940s (10 Photos)

During the last years of the Great Depression, various groups got together to chip in to create quilts for those still experiencing hard times.  The following photos depict some of these groups hard at work from 1936-1941.  

Two women work on a large quilt in California in 1936.

Showing off one of the finished products from the 1936 effort!  Be sure to note that the quilter has made sure to wear her comfy shoes for her day of work!

Everyone from a family and the neighbors seen chipping in to make this quilt in a Wisconsin club in 1937. 

Here we see a group in Oregon in 1939 preparing to show some of their latest work.

The proud workers show off their latest quilt here in 1939. 

Two Mormon girls work on a utility quilt on a farm in 1940. 

Another view of the same group hard at work. 

Quilting and gossip in full force here in April 1940.  

A community comes together in Georgia in 1941 to complete quilts for the local people.  

A proper quilting club hard at work in Pennsylvania in 1942. 

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