"Dee wants the quilts simply because they would make attractive accents to her new home and her new life, not because they have significance having been sewn by hand by women who came before her, worked hard, suffered and built a life for themselves. For Dee has rejected that part of her heritage." If you need more information, go to https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-were-dees-purpose-taking-quilts-from-maggie-361306
