Anna: Mom, here is the double wedding ring quilt. Can you tell us about that: who made it, what were the circumstances?
Mom: This quilt was made by my grandmother Collins and she made it specifically to give to me. It was probably made in the 30s, yea early 30s. And she ended up making one for me and one for Emmagene. I don’t know what pattern hers was, I forget. (I’ve seen it since.) But she did not make one for all of the grandchildren. Because I had lived with her for a long time and and saw her often I was a special grandchild. She didn’t see her other grandchildren very often. This was in the early 30s and this got made from (well I guess there are some of my clothes in there but not many and) just scraps from here and there. Probably she swapped with other people too because at that time she went to a club meeting and that’s what started it all I think was the other women were making quilts. She was going to that. Well, the home demonstration club was started up then and so I guess she had it finished and quilted and gave it to me about that time. It was very… I felt very loved by the work that went into that.
Anna: So that was in the early 30s so they were living near Alamo, Texas, at the time?
Mom: Yes, they were living in Alamo. My grandparents were living in Alamo at the time. Or out from Alamo. Of course they lived out in the country on a farm.
Anna: So one of the things you mentioned when talking about the quilt that you made, was about not using muslin on the back. Well I notice that on this there is muslin color in the center of the rings but the back is pink. Is there anything unique about that?
Mom: I don’t know. I mean, if so I didn’t know it.
Anna: It would be interesting to see if there are any swatches in here that are also in your quilt since she made some of your squares for your Grandmother’s Flower Garden.
Mom: Yes, It would be. I’d never thought about looking to see. In fact, this just came up to my thought that there might be some of my clothes in it. I don’t know whether there is or not. I’ll have to look it over to tell.
Anna: Well we can check to see if there is any intersection between the two.
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