Originally Posted by madamekelly

I vividly remember the first quilt I 'owned'. I was a student teacher in high school with a kindergarten class. At the end of the year, The teacher presented me with a beautiful red and white quilt she made just for me. I owned it for two days. I left foster care two days after I received it. When I returned to my father's house, my stepmother, (who could have given lessons to Joan Crawford) confiscated it, and sold it. I cried in my room for weeks. It was the first gift I had ever received. I still remember what it looked like, bit I have never seen the pattern.

Originally Posted by Phannie1

My grandmothers always had quilts. when we all came to visit them; the quilts came out. They were all different kinds. Some were ugly and was made for use as padding. These would be layered for "pallets" for sleeping for the beds where for the adults. with about 8 to 10 kids there would be many "pallets" all over the place. The the tops would have the pretty quilts for the top layers. I would always get the prettiest for I was the Girlie Girl and I wanted to sleep pretty. In the closet where the quilts were stored was always that quilt I never saw used. It was a Double Wedding Ring set in yellow. I always wondered about it. As an adult, was told that the yellow quilt had been made by my great-grand mother for my grandfather's bride. Over the years my grandparents died when I was a kid and the quilt was out of site. then one family reunion the subject turned to quilts and that "yellow quilt" came up. My dad's cousin had gotten prosession of that quilt and when I told her about the history of the quilt, she went home and retrieved the quilt and gave it to me. I now have the quilt my great-grandmother made and one of the pretty quilts my grandmother made. What was your first memories of quilts?