There is an old saying that goes something like this, "What I
make with my hands, I give of my heart."  That phrase neatly
describes 93-year-old Anna Mae Markley, who has been creating
quilts for years, and generously bestowing them upon her family.
Mae, as everyone knows her, creates memories.  Piece by piece,
stitch by stitch, the Lehighton woman has made dozens of quilts,
and into each of them, she has stitched a rich history, that
reaches back through several generations.  Mae began learning
the fine art of hand-quilting when she was 12 years old. Her
tiny, uniform stitches are a testament to toiling for many years
at the quilting frame.  "My mother used to put quilts in," says
Mae, "and I'd watch my mother and the neighbors quilt. Many
years ago my father and the men would be out butchering, and the
women would be up in the bedroom quilting."  She said everyone
had their own style too. By the time they were finished, the
quilts had a variety of stitches decorating them.  "In some
places, the quilting wo