tobacco hornworm turns into Metamorphosis & the (Manduca sexta) Tough to be a hornworm:

The Smokers Graveyard Even more forgotten Canadian brands

There is something almost magical about holding an object this small that carries this much history

I feel better and I dont smell

The North Carolina project did interview a woman born in 1908, daughter of a tobacco farmer, who remembered using tobacco cloth in family quilts, but she was not talking about the patchwork: "In Thelma's opinion a now nearly vanished material 'tobacco cloth,' provided the best batting because it was the softest....Thelma recycled this cover by washing it and carefully spreading it evenly to create batting." North Carolina Quilts, page 128

[76] Writing in The Independent in February 2014, Alexander Fury described how Victoria Beckham had made the transition from novelty to respected designer, citing her recent guest editorship of French Vogue and forthcoming participation in a panel discussion with the dean of Parsons design school in New York