Sewing With Nancy

Nancy's Corner - Kyra Hicks, A Quilt for the President

Clip: Season 2600 Episode 2622 | 5m 18s  | Video has closed captioning.

Quilting sleuth and author Kyra Hicks joins Nancy via Skype to share a fascinating story about Estella Weaver Nukes, who gave a quilt to President Franklin Roosevelt during the Depression years. The quilt Estella made was a Postage Stamp Quilt, and the reason behind it was that the president was the number one postage stamp collector in the United States during his time in office.

Aired: 01/06/13

Rating: TV-G

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