Description: A 4'10" tall, soft-spoken, mild mannered, no nonsense grandmother, who lived in the community in which I grew up inspired this portrait. A small black and white photograph and memorable images perceived as a child aided in the creation of this figure. This individual was the community seamstress. She made most of the dresses that many women and young girls wore. My sisters and I also wore her fashions. She was noted for creating her own patterns just by looking at pictures of dresses in the Sears Roebuck catalog and using newspaper and brown paper bags to cut out the likeness. Similarly, she used any kind of available sheets of paper to create and cut intricate patterns that she used on the shelves in her house. To this day I remember the pattern lining the shelf on which the chiming clock set. Aside from sewing and creating patterns, grandmother had a wonderful flower garden. She raised beautiful geraniums, morning glories, marigolds, daisies, crepe myrtle, prince feathers and zinnias.