Portia's project

(1977 July 16)

This [clerical] stole I never should have started but that Portia gave it to me to finish, already on the frame with a few stiches by her. I said, "Portia, the pink is missing." She said, "Small wonder. We moved three times since I first started it 25 years ago! The frame was made to order by a carpenter." Mrs. Carswell found some pink for me one day.