Born in Sallisaw, Ok in 1950. I was highly influenced by my grandmother (who lived to be 93 summers). She tried to teach me some of the old ways. She was Cherokee and Choctaw and very proud of the fact, just as I am. I started piecing quilt tops in 1991. I learned to do Seminole piecework the same year. I started entering the Homecoming Art Contest at the Heritage Center about ten years ago. I was proud to win 1st place one year with a small quilt called The Dance of the Bear. It was an original design. I have won ribbons for many others that have been sold through out the United States threw the Hertiage Center. The quilts I make I have them machine quilted, but I can hand quilt and I do that from time to time. I add some bead work to most of my quilts. I make small to bed size quilts and I love to use some of my original designs. I entered two quilts into the Sisters Quilt Show in Oregon and they both sold to two bed and breakfast’s in Washington state. Although I didn’t win a ribbon it was a wonderful experience. Ten years ago I started working with gourds and I do a lot of gourd art. Many of these have sold threw the Heritage Center also. Now that I am retired I plan to be able to get a lot more art work done.

Tribal Affiliation: Cherokee Nation

Rebecca Wiltshire Whitwell’s Art Gallery

Cherokee Trail Of Tears $110	Hawk $80
Prairie Buffalo $80	My Cherokee Pony $80
Eagle Quilt $120	Trail of Tears Quilt $75
Bear $80	Sunflowers Around the Cabin $70
Waya $50	Bird Clan $75
Buffalo Flowers at Midnight $100	Cuhtalatah Canoe $60
They Carried the Seeds $50	Faye the (wa-da-du-ga) Dragonfly SOLD
Sidney the Corn (go-gv) Crow SOLD	Civil War (we-sa) SOLD
Liz the (tsi-s-du) Rabbit SOLD	Kenzie the Prairie Doll SOLD
Mickey the House (tsi-s-ta-tsi) Rat SOLD	WeNona the (go-gv) Crow Doll SOLD
Cuhtahlatah’s Shield SOLD	Waya at War SOLD
Buffalo SOLD	Osiyo Door Hanging SOLD
A-wa-hi-li (Eagle) SOLD	House of Bear SOLD
The Spirit of yo nv (Bear) SOLD	Who Is Tracking Who Quilt SOLD
Buba’s Wild Pony SOLD	Buba’s Shield SOLD
Black & White Quilt SOLD	Grandfathers Spirit Lives With the Spirit of yo nv (Bear) SOLD
Cherokee Rose Quilt SOLD	Grandfathers War Shield Quilt SOLD

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