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An Ozarks blizzard

The quilts and blankets were warm and we were soon fast asleep, while the whirling snow continued to make a beautiful white blanket all around the house. In the morning, Mother called, "No need for you to get up until the house is warmer!"

— pages 27, 28, Snyder, Virginia, Virginia's Song: A Country Quilt of Memories, Barnabas Publishing Services, 1996.

12/31/07, Quilt detail. Photo credit, J. Heston.


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Warmth. Childhood memories.

Quilts have meant many things to many people.

It's hard to have a better reason to preserve such stories!

— the editor