I'm from Cheshire, Massachusetts, and I have a big, stripey cat -- hence my quilting name -- and that's Frankie napping on a section of a donated huge trip around the world quilt that I cut into four and bound to send to Haiti for sleeping mats as part of Project Linus. His regular job is making sure there is enough fur on top of the ironing board while he naps and toasts himself crispy by the woodstove.