Janet Avants found a signature quilt top while cleaning out her grandfather’s house after he recently passed away. None of the names on the quilt are family, and no one in the family recognizes the names as friends or acquaintances, so they decided to try to find who it might belong to. The quilt was discovered in 2006 in San Angelo, Texas. It is about 71" by 79". There are five rows of four blocks each, set on point. Each block is a patchwork of print and white fabric. The prints are all different. The background fabric is a pastel teal. A couple of the blocks include the date 1942, but the fabric seems to be from a later date. It is machine pieced. Names on the quilt are:
- The Turner’s
- Anna Colvin
- Margie and Harry Mifflin
- Ben & Nadine
- Lois Colvin
- Hartmann
- Ollie Mae
- Betty Warren
- Mrs. Otis Brackin 1942
- Mr & Mrs Victor Bruderer
- Alva & Bill Blackerby
- Lyn B. Willoughby
- The Brays
- The SA Blackerby’s
- Mr & Mrs. GE Teel
- George Phillips/Blanch Phillips
- Gilbert’s Joe Shaws Mrs. J.W./ Ruth & Jerry McMains 1942 Sue Welch
Happily, in September 2007 this quilt was given to the family of Mrs. Otis Brackin. The family knew several of the other people on the list as well. Suzi Brackin Campbell wrote, "This was like a miracle to us and Janet is an angel."
