People would come to visit then. It was the only non-work day of the week and after church the remainder of it would be spent traveling from one house to another to say hello and have a cool drink. The Traditions outlined prior to this have significance here too. In addition to the ones mentioned under contemporary ethnic writing, there is the concept of storytelling. In other cultures the quilting bee is often described as a microcosm of life.
People gather to make a single quilt and discuss their own histories.
In my the family the making of a quilt was a singular process. My grandmother would sew the fabric while she told stories about family members. Each person she mentioned had a significance to the fabric being pieced together. I uniform fabric to the delicate lace of her wedding dress she told me the romantic story of how she met and married my grandfather. Quilts are treasures in my family.