Blanche Vandiver, now a resident of Blue Ridge Health Care Nursing Home, is the creator of one of the quilts chosen for the Georgia Quilt Project. Born in 1911, Blanche formerly lived in the Dial community.
Blanche's quilt, created over a span of ten years (1950-1960), now belongs to Arnold and Lynn Dorman. Lynn aquired the quilt because Blanche allowed her daughters and future daughter-in-laws to choose five quilts from her cupboard when they married. Blanche used feed sack fabric for the fan panels in the quilt.
Now 25, Rebecca Thompson was seven when she made the quilt with the help of her mother and a local quilter. Rebecca drew pictures with fabric crayons on cloth squares. Hearts, flowers and ponies were her favorite subjects. Rebecca chose the fabric colors for the stripping and laid out the squares.
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