She spent the first seven years of her life traveling in a 6 x 26 trailer her father made. With her family of six they passed through North and South Dakota and Minnesota seeking work. She and her younger sister shared an army cot. Her mother, ill with TB, was in and out of sanatoriums in the different areas during this time. In 1941 her father found steady work and they rented her first house. The girls slept under a blanket meant for a horse because it was so cold upstairs. She would walk to school each winter morning in a pair of black boys four buckle over boots. The kids would tease her because she wore boy's boots. When she was 9 years old, that year for Christmas she was given a pair of lovely brown girls over boots. They had a beautiful button and clasp on them. She was so thrilled she wore them to bed that night.

Not My Brother's Boots

        Created by: Julie Borgstrom

This quilt is sponsored by John & Dolly Arnold,

"In Memory of our Mothers"