. In Cloudland, Mayview Park, Blowing Rock, North Carolina. ld and primitive, one large enough for druggets and wide rugs and theother two for the narrow pieces. An ancient spinning wheel is in constant use and the wool in her fabrics is shorn fromsheep on the farm. She still grows her own flax in the fields of Brookside where for forty years she has spun and wovenher beautiful wares. Since demonstrating the early methods of weaving at the Knoxville Exposition her fame has spreadafar. In the lovely Bloomingleaf design she has woven a large rug, chair covers, hangings and embroidered a knottedb
. In Cloudland, Mayview Park, Blowing Rock, North Carolina. ld and primitive, one large enough for druggets and wide rugs and theother two for the narrow pieces. An ancient spinning wheel is in constant use and the wool in her fabrics is shorn fromsheep on the farm. She still grows her own flax in the fields of Brookside where for forty years she has spun and wovenher beautiful wares. Since demonstrating the early methods of weaving at the Knoxville Exposition her fame has spreadafar. In the lovely Bloomingleaf design she has woven a large rug, chair covers, hangings and embroidered a knottedbedspread for the Blue Mountain Bedroom in the White House at Washington. Many orders for the matched sets forwhich she has become famous have made it necessary to enlist the aid of other women versed in the homespun arts in thevicinity of Valle Crucis and today a profitable industry has been stimulated through her work among these Penelopes of thehills. The journey from Mayview Park to Brookside Farm is one of the many interesting trips from Blowing Sunlight on Laurel Lane. Recreation
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