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BOONSBORO, Md. (AP) — Back in the day, when a country girl needed a new dress, she didn't just take the horse and buggy over to Wal-Mart. Find Us On Facebook
No, for a linen dress she would first have to plow the ground, plant the seed, pull the plants, thresh it, dry it, comb it, spin it into thread, weave the fabric and then sew it.
For wool, she would have to tend the sheep, shear it, wash the wool, separate it and spin it so it could be woven into fabric. About a year later, she would have that new dress. A special exhibit, "The Fabric of Our Lives — Weaving and Weavers," at the Washington County Rural Heritage Museum...
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