This picture was taken at the Post Office in Pendroy, ND during a neighborhood quilting bee. The photo is one of the oldest in North Dakota showing women working at this handcraft.

This photo dates from 1888 and is part of the photographic collection of the North Dakota State Historical Society.

Much to the surprise of North Dakota Quilt project volunteers, the Pendroy quilt, which had been thought to be lost, was brought in to a Discovery Days sponsored by the North Dakota Quilt Project.

However, it was no longer in its pictured form. Apparently when the maker died, her two daughters both wanted their mother's lovely quilt and decided to divide it rather than fight over it. The quilt was cut in half and re-bound with each daughter keeping a cherished reminder of their mother's artistry.