Becky's Bouquet

When I began missing a dear friend of ours with cancer from several consecutive Sunday worship services, I decided I wanted to make a quilt for him. But there was a problem. This friend is a man. We’ll call him Bob. Man-friendly fabrics are hard to find. Then I remembered that the room off their kitchen is decorated with what I would call an African safari theme. And his recliner is in this room. There. Problem solved. I thought, “I’ll just buy some safari animal prints the next time I’m at a quilt shop.” Now we had another problem. Apparently the folks who make fabric possible think that giraffes, lions, zebras, and monkeys are only pastel cartoons. Months went by and I stopped at other quilt shops as I had opportunity. In over a year’s time, I found three fabrics that would have worked, but probably not together. I decided to turn to the folks at TreadleOn. This is a kindhearted group of people who are passionate about bringing treadle and handcrank sewing machines back

Here she is, about seven months old, quite content in my arms watching her Daddy pick strawberries for her sisters to gobble down. Thanks to a Great-Auntie for the adorable hat.