Nancy's Corner - Kyra Hicks, A Quilt for the President
Clip: Season 2600 Episode 2622 | 5m 18sVideo has Closed Captions
Quilting sleuth Kyra Hicks tells the story of Estella Nukes, a grateful quilter in 1930’s.
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.
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Sewing With Nancy is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
Nancy's Corner - Kyra Hicks, A Quilt for the President
Clip: Season 2600 Episode 2622 | 5m 18sVideo has Closed Captions
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.
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