Family History Quilts
by
Anne Sonner

I show 35 to 40 quilts that tell stories – from memorial quilts in honor of my parents to quilts about newly discovered ancestors who “demanded” to be in a quilt. See these one-of-a-kind quilts and hear their stories. There is a quilt about a teenaged Civil War soldier, a great aunt who became a doctor in 1906, a little girl who was run over by a covered wagon on the Oregon Trail (and survived), and many others. I use traditional patterns and new techniques, including photo transfer, ShrinkyDinks, words, and embellishments.