She sewed silk fabric into ties for Hearst. Women sewed red flannel shirts and made other garments of red. Female prisoners picked oakum, knitted stockings or sewed. Women sewed patchwork and embroidered clothing, and carved calabash bowls. Wichita people wore clothing from tanned hides, which the women prepared and sewed. Everybody had to make sure they sewed a bit of that blanket. And then we just sewed it together. She was active in Home Defense, sewed hospital gowns and put patches on trousers. With Mrs. S.D. MacFarland, Oliver sewed a second flag out of silk. There are Torah ark curtains and Torah covers that women sewed and survive today. A local doctor sewed her finger back together. After her release, she rejoined the guerrillas, where she cooked, sewed, and washed. He sewed the two remaining halves together and then brought the composite being to life. When that balloon deteriorated, members of the company sewed together a silk replacement in 1897. When full, the bag is sewed up and laid in store.