be sewn. Aolar used a sewing machine both then, and when she quilted. It wasn't until the age of twelve though that Aolar made her first quilt. Aolar was unable to finish school past fifth grade as her family was unable to afford to send her.

She married Wisdom Mosely in 1929. Together they had seventeen children, only thirteen of whom survived childhood. In 1932, they lost everything to a raid of their property by agents of the Camden merchant's estate. However, in 1935, her family benefited from New Deal