In 1907, the Webb Publishing Company in St. Paul, Minnesota, created The Farmer's Wife Pony Club. Children who joined competed for prizes by selling subscriptions to The Farmer's Wife magazine. Some of the prizes included bicycles, talking machines, and rifles, but it can only be imagined that most children were working for the grand prize, a Shetland pony with a saddle and often a carriage. To satisfy skeptics who doubted a child would, indeed, receive a pony, they asked the winners to send photographs of themselves with their ponies. Thankfully, many of the children also sent in letters along with their photographs. These endearing, poignant, and sometimes hilarious letters provide a unique window into the lives of children and their families in America in the early 1900s.The Pony Club Quilt has 90-eight inch blocks and measures 96" x 105." The enclosed 400+ page CD has something for every quilter A complete set of templates for each of the 90 blocks Foundation patterns when applicable Rotary cutting measurements when applicable Full-size line drawing of each block Quilt assembly diagrams for lap, twin, queen and king sizes Favorite Excerpts There isn't a store in town where "Larry" hasn't been in. He goes in the drug store and the druggist knows he wants ice cream and he bows enough to say, "Yes." He gives him a cone of ice cream and "Larry" will eat every bit of it and then looks for more. Then he will drink pop and root beer right o