In Dee's attempt to acquire the quilts, she exudes a false, greedy presence that forces Mother to "turn her back" on Dee. The negative connotation Mom gets from Dee comes from the flip-flop nature of wanting quilts. “I had given Dee (Wangero) a quilt when she left for college. Then he told me that they were old-fashioned, out of fashion” (477). Now, Dee wants the quilts as a material possession to remember her grandmother. Instead of using the quilts for everyday use, Dee hung them to honor her grandmother and the craftsmanship of her work (477). Shocked by Dee's reasoning and seeing the disappointment in her daughter Maggie's eyes, Mom puts her foot down and takes control of the situation to preserve her integrity. "[I] hugged Maggie...I snatched the quilts from Miss Wangero's hands and threw them into Maggie's lap," (478). This quote is important for two reasons: the first is that Mom had done something she had never done before and that was to love Maggie the way she felt with Dee throughout her life. Giving the quilts to Maggie shows the unrealized bond Mom has with her because of how similar the two are in their beliefs/actions. The second significant point of the quote is the author's explicit decision to write Miss Wangero's hands. Up until that point, after Dee had declared her name as Wangero, whenever Dee was