![Kenmore](https://www.artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/wp-15586377874235576286815097327166-300x178.jpg)
Sewing surrounded me as a child. I mentioned the women in my life being adept and prolific needlewomen. what I didn’t mention is that my dad was just as adept. I distinctly remember our house being filled with goosedown feathers as he and my aunt sewed sleeping bags, parkas, booties for a winter backpacking trip. Recently he pulled out the sewing machine on which I learned to sew and sewed up some curtains for his new guest room.
![Dad sewing](https://www.artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/wp-15586379417955943459173008002467-300x171.jpg)
He doesn’t have the best ergonomics, but he did a great job.
I have no idea where he got the quilt. He has never mentioned it to me and I have never seen it before. I should say that I didn’t make it. It looks pretty, though.