In contrast to quilters who followed pattern trends published in magazines and newspapers, some rural women required no pattern at all. In various geographic enclaves women have made quilts out of worn work trousers. In the Deep South, where Catherine Somerville lived, they called them “britchy” quilts. In the twenty-first century, these improvisational quilts have gained fame and recognition as hallmarks of African American quiltmaking, although women of all races made similarly bold scrap quilts with recycled clothing. According to the census, in 1940, Somerville (1910-1991), a Black woman, lived with her mother Henrettia in a rural, unincorporated crossroads called Spring Hill, outside of Pickensville, Alabama, and was listed as a farm laborer.