In 1963 we received a Natural History magazine that I saved through the years. It contained an article about a manuscript, the Tacuinum Sanitatis, which was written in a north Italian dialect and illustrated during the 15th century with simple scenes from the lives of the Italian people at that time. Nearly 25 years after receiving the magazine, I found it again and adapted some of the illustrations to applique.

Notice that the trees are appliqued differently in the blocks, because I wasn't sure how to applique trees and experimented with different ways to make them.

Honors:

• Second Place, Historical Society Quilt Show, University City, Missouri, 1987
• Second Place, National Quilt Festival, Silver Dollar City, Missouri, 1988
• First Place, Raintree Quilter's Guild, Evansville, Indiana, 1988
• Third Place and Judge's Choice, Woodlawn Plantation, Arlington, Virginia, 1989
• Invitational exhibit at The Artworks, Ephrata, Pennsylvania, 1990
• Invitational exhibit, Museum of American Folk Art, New York, New York, 1991
• Third Prize, American Quilter's Society, Paducah, Kentucky, 1990
• Featured on title page in The Quilt Encyclopedia Illustrated, Carter Houck, ed. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York, 1991