The Keeping Quilt

In October, we read the story "The Keeping Quilt" by Patricia Pollacco. The story describes a keeping quilt that is passed down, through the family, from generation to generation. Mrs. Blake, one of our Kindergarten teachers, has her own keeping quilt and she shared her quilt and her story with us!

Her keeping quilt dates all the way to the Civil War! During the Civil War, her family and their house was going to be attacked by the soldiers. The Mama of the family tied the family's silver into her hair and wrapped her hair. Then she grabbed the quilt, wrapped the youngest baby into the quilt and ran into a nearby cave. The soldiers were coming, and bullets were flying at Mama, but she made it safely into a cave, along with the silver, the baby, and the quilt.

Ever since then, this quilt is only passed down to girls in the family whose name is "Mary". Mrs. Blake's name is Marylee, and so she received the blanket from her grandmother! This quilt is hand stitched and is dyed from crushed up berries and leaves.

What a beautiful quilt! Thank you for sharing it with us, Mrs. Blake!