When the United States entered World War I in 1917, the government asked citizens to “Make Quilts—Save the Blankets” for our “Boys Over There.” Basically, the government took all the wool produced for commercial use in 1918 and created “heatless Mondays” for the population at home. After the war, interest in quilting as an art was renewed. Also, during the Great Depression, people didn’t have that much money to buy fancy, expensive items for their homes, so once again, women started making their own bedding supplies and quilts resurfaced in popularity.
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