what is tall cotton?
12-20-2012, 05:05 AM
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LyndaOH -- I love that idea for the name of quilt shop -- think of the decor that would be fitting! It would be especially appropriate if the shop was in West Texas or any other cotton growing region. Or if the shop owner was a tall person!
12-20-2012, 07:37 PM
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Here's the info on the fabric manufacturer: http://start.cortera.com/company/res...ll-cotton-llc/
It looks like it's a fairly new company.
It looks like it's a fairly new company.
12-20-2012, 08:06 PM
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Such an old expression! From the time when cotton was picked totally by hand, a crop that grew tall also grew thick and produced a bountiful crop so you could reasonable expect to make a lot of money. To "Be in tall cotton" meant to be expecting great things in your future, or to be deliciously happy at the present time because of what you expected to happen in the future, as in "Ah'm in tall cotton, for suh, he said he wanted the first dance at the cotillion!" A southern expression since cotton is a southern crop. Like most southern expressions it has died out now. A pity.
12-21-2012, 07:08 AM
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what is tall cotton
Interesting to know that this is a fabric as well as an old saying. Being raised on a cotton farm we were very happy to hear that phrase. We called it high cotton. It does mean a good crop for that year. I like the suggestion that it would be a good name for a fabric shop. And I love that I was growing up on a farm at that time in my life.
12-21-2012, 08:39 AM
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Such an old expression! From the time when cotton was picked totally by hand, a crop that grew tall also grew thick and produced a bountiful crop so you could reasonable expect to make a lot of money. To "Be in tall cotton" meant to be expecting great things in your future, or to be deliciously happy at the present time because of what you expected to happen in the future, as in "Ah'm in tall cotton, for suh, he said he wanted the first dance at the cotillion!" A southern expression since cotton is a southern crop. Like most southern expressions it has died out now. A pity.
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12-21-2012, 01:19 PM
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And his last name was cotton.
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