My Heritage in Quilts

I was asked to pull some of my quilts to be shown in a quilt show this fall.  The theme of the show is "Heritage".  At first, I really didn't want to be a part of it.  I didn't want to go through my quilts again, but I felt that I needed to show honor to my grandmothers and great grandmothers, my mother, my self and my daughter by pulling out my heritage in quilts.

I don't know what the name of this quilt is, I call it Birds & Flowers.  Pieced and quilted by my grandmother, Iva Jane Wiggs Lewis.  

 This Striped Star quilt was done by Grannie Lewis' mother (Lou Ethel Hinson Wiggs).  What is unique about this quilt is the batting.  There is a torn corner and you can see that part of the batting is actually another quilt (that is quilted) and some worn out white long johns.

 This Grandmother's Fan quilt was appliqued by my grandmother, Mildred Waldean McPeak Carathers.  My mom had asked Grannie to make me a quilt, but I was allowed to pick the pattern and the materials.  I pieced all the fans by machine and then Grannie assembled it all and quilted it.  We did a couple of joint ventures like this.  It's one of my favorite quilts.

 This Nine Patch is actually Adam's quilt, hand pieced and machine quilted by his grandmother, my mother, Frances Elizabeth Carathers Lewis.  She made it last year...one of her last quilts.  It's signed and dated.  She gave it to him at Christmas....along with a quilt for each of her other grandchildren.

Two more quilts are coming tomorrow.  Sally is bringing the quilt that I made for her and one that she and I did together when she was probably about 10 and just deciding that material was in her future.  Both of us have two quilts that are in various stages of being finished, but they won't be ready for the show.

I'm honored to have such a rich heritage.