In which you check out the Sleep Number bed! Hah!

When I got married four years ago, my mother said she’d make me (us) a wedding quilt. She asked, “What color would you like?”

And I promptly replied, “Orange. And king-sized!”

She coughed a little, but her eyes were twinkling. “Orange, did you say? Orange? No one’s ever said that before.” The woman’s a master quilter, and loves a challenge. It took her four years, but she delivered. Behold the wonderful, strange, orange wedding quilt:

Pretty crazy, eh? Isn’t it weird? I think I love it. I can use it as an excuse to buy blue, purple, orange, and yellow sheets. (The green flannel sheets pictured are brand new. I love new sheets!)

The back of this handmade gem is entirely bright OSHA orange and could easily be used to flag down help should the bed ever find itself in trouble on the highway.