Our historical society has just held the quilt show that it hosts every other year; some of the quilts are from our own collection while others are borrowed from the community. This year's show included one of my favorites: "the Fan Quilt".
In 1898 the GAR was raising funds and the ladies associated with the GAR made a quilt with a repeating pattern of fans. Each fan had segments. For some fee, a person could "buy" one of these segments and his/her name was entered into that segment. Most of "my" soldiers (the ones who survived and stayed in town) bought segments as did veterans from other areas who settled in town. We've taken many photos of the sections of the quilt that include the name of somebody's ancestor (the farthest being California).
The quilt is always displayed along with a list of all the subscribers.
In 1898 the GAR was raising funds and the ladies associated with the GAR made a quilt with a repeating pattern of fans. Each fan had segments. For some fee, a person could "buy" one of these segments and his/her name was entered into that segment. Most of "my" soldiers (the ones who survived and stayed in town) bought segments as did veterans from other areas who settled in town. We've taken many photos of the sections of the quilt that include the name of somebody's ancestor (the farthest being California).
The quilt is always displayed along with a list of all the subscribers.