A Story From Bernie's Mitten Maker
Most people know who I am because I made Bernie Sanders’s mittens; you know, the ones from the memes? Yes, I made those iconic mittens for Sanders four years ago because he’s my favorite senator. I used my Fiskars to cut up an old moth-eaten sweater and the Singer sewing machine my mother gave to me on my twelfth birthday to sew the pieces together in the shape of a mitten. But this story isn’t going to be about the mittens. Everyone has already heard that story. Long before I made those mittens, I made something far more important to me. This is the story of my grandmother’s quilt.
