The Smith Family quilt

 So,  a hundred and fifty years ago, at a place known as The Hollow (later renamed Ararat), a group of women got together and created a quilt for Rev. Newton Smith (born 1853), who was my great-grandfather. Family legend has it that this was a joint project, and that each segment was made by one of the women who dated him, who gave it to him as a wedding present.  If true (and there's some evidence it is), he must have been a remarkable man. 

 I count sixteen squares, each with the same pattern using a different color scheme, which must have taken a lot of organization. Be that as it may,  it's amazing to me that this artifact of the past has passed down intact, if a little worn. Now I have to put some thought into whom it shd go to after my time.

--John R