25 Old Quilting Words Only Appalachian Grandmothers Still Understand (Sigogglin Meant Crooked)

🔗 [EBOOK TITLE — Appalachian Home Wisdom]: [link] The words, ways, and keeping rules mountain families lived by — most families make the price back the first season they stop throwing away what they could have kept. My grandmother had one word for anything that came out crooked, and when she died in 1994 that word went quiet in our house. Here are twenty-five old quilting words from the frame and the fireside — what they meant, where they really came from, and why the schools spent a hundred years trying to take them away. Number nineteen is a word you'll find in Shakespeare, folded in a chest just like hers. Number twelve I had wrong for forty years. And number one is what she called me. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 01:12 #25 — Kiver 02:13 #24 — Airish 03:13 #23 — Comfort 04:10 #22 — Tacking 05:13 #21 — Pallet 06:14 #20 — Poke 07:17 #19 — Counterpin 08:17 #18 — Mommick 09:18 #17 — Gaum 10:19 #16 — Britches Quilt 11:21 #15 — String Quilt 12:20 #14 — Linsey-Woolsey 13:17 #13 — Holp 14:18 #12 — "Shakespeare's English" 15:21 #11 — A-Quilting 16:17 #10 — Redd Up 17:14 #9 — Puny 18:14 #8 — Token 19:15 #7 — Fireboard 20:14 #6 — "Talk Proper" 21:15 #5 — Quilting 22:11 #4 — Pretty 23:12 #3 — Plumb 24:05 #2 — Hit 25:05 #1 — Sigogglin 26:25 Final Thoughts 27:36 Next Video Preview Fire safety: never warm a quilt or blanket near an open flame, a woodstove, or a space heater. Old-fabric care tips here are general guidance. For valuable or fragile textiles, consult a textile conservator. Appalachian heritage, mountain speech, and the old ways — subscribe for new videos every week.