Becki Eaton Research Paper

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Becki Eaton was born in Sacramento California. She married her husband Jay and moved to Porterville in 1963, where they lived until they built their home near Springville in 1970. She and her husband raised three wonderful sons together. Becki worked as a nurse for many years in the local area before retiring.

Becki learned to sew by hand when she was only six years old, and within a year she was sewing with a machine. The first items she made were rag-dolls, after the rag-dolls came doll clothing. When she purchased expensive dolls for her nieces, she would sew fancy outfits to go with each one of them.

After her children left home she used her free time to learn how to quilt, an art form she had always been interested in. With her partial

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