Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: April 15, 1863

. . . Today made two petticoats (for E. and self) out of a window curtain. “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Cut a pair of drawers for Mr. P. out of a sheet; not because I could well spare the sheet, but because I had nothing else; unbleached cotton not to be had, or if obtainable, $2 per yard.

SOURCE: Elizabeth Preston Allan, The Life and Letters of Margaret Junkin Preston, p. 162