Monthly Archives: January 2020
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When Inge Buus came to America in 1946 she brought with her, among other things, a pillow that her mother, Ella Buus, had made, probably in the 1930s, using triangular swaths of cloth taken from worn-out sweaters and scarves that had belonged to her three ,children. Mother was able to recall and point out to me who had contributed each piece of clothing. The blue patches were from one of Knud’s scarves, the red patches were from Anna Lise’s sweater,…..
