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Dee is different from Mama and Maggie in that she doest not think of herself lower than Caucasian and she herself being an African American. She does not think of herself inferior to white people so she is not afraid of talking to them. This is primarily caused by her life in Urban instead of in the suburb instead of Mama and Maggie. Due to the urbanized lifestyle of Dee, she has forgotten the true purpose of the quilt of her family tradition, which is to provide warmth just like a family instead of a decoration. Maggie on the other hand still kept the tradition and used it to warm herself. The title of the story is very significant in that it illustrates an everyday use item for a family as a tradition, a quilt, for Maggie and Dee's family. Although Dee had used the quilt for the wrong purpose, a decoration, she and Maggie had still been using the quilt everyday.