Quilts and the social atmosphere of a "quilting bee" are authentic parts of Lancaster County farm life. Here area women demonstrate their art at the Pennsylvania Farm Museum at Landis Valley. Originally quilts were pieced from scraps and worn clothing, but although the traditional patterns remain the same, today's examples of the quilter's art normally begin with new fabrics. A typical applique pattern uses 300 to 1500 individual pieces, plus an infinite number of stitches.
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Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Over 400 carriages, sleighs and horse-drawn vehicles of all kinds typically change hands in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania during annual spring and fall sales held by Martin Auctioneers. The "one-of-a-kind" nature of the items and the sale itself frequently draw collectors from across the nation.
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Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Use of the slip cup and other tools of the art, as deomstrated at the Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley, enable today's potters to create redware pottery in the traditional manner of early Pennsylvania Dutch settlers in lancasr County, Pennsylvania.
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Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Rural life crafts including use of the schnitzelbank (Pennsylvania Dutch for "cutting bench") are demonstrated at the Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley during Harvest Days. Over 60 Lancaster County craftsmen share their skills annually during the celebration, always held the first weekend of October. Craft Days are also held annual during the first weekend of June.
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Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Visitors from all over the world come to the Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley to experience the sights, sounds, and smells of long-gone eras. Throughout the museum's grounds and 23 furnished buildings, guides and demonstrating craftspersons explain and ue 18th and 19th century skills such as driving a Conestoga wagon to interpret rural Pennsylvania life.
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Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
