Pick her brain as much as you can, any way you can. Can she do video chats? Interview her, ask questions, take notes, record her. Try not to let her knowledge get lost. Find out what her life was like as a little girl, a young woman. Ask about wars she remembers, the Depression, her first car...
Abby, I'm super impressed! You don't know how blessed you are to be learning these skills, they are among the "dying arts". Few people know how to do these things and I hope someday you teach a class in them or pass them on to your own kids! ❤️
Here are two of mine.
My DH has the top one on his bed right now and I've been working on one in yellow and orange for my GirlChild. I just love this pattern. Thank you for the instructions, I needed the counts!
Wow, that was my first project many moons ago, and I've made many iterations of it since then! I love this pattern but have lost it over the years. I'll take a pic of one or two that I have here and post them tomorrow. I made one in red, white, black and blue for a Gold Star mother once, she...