None of my grandmothers or great-grands or my mom quilted. In fact I actually taught my mom to quilt in the mid 1990s. But I have one memory of a quilt that is now in the Museum at Colonial Williamsburg, dated ca. 1780 by them, and that was made by Martha Frances Dabney Collier about 6 generations ago. Dad brought it home, having received it through a distant relative, and spread it out on their bedroom floor. I, at 9 years old, remember looking at it and thinking, "Huh, What's all the fuss about?" Forward 5 decades, and I was the one who donated out family quilt to Colonial Williamsburg.
Jan in VA
This picture doesn't show the bits of really lovely rose and intense aqua in the appliques of this quilt.
Jan in VA