I've recently had a lovely woman visit me with her collection of family quilts.  These two were made by her Aunt Betty.  The owner ...

The owner's great-grandmother made this quilt in 1974 for his mother.  It was made from the fabrics of dresses from his mother's ...

  The repair of this Dutchman's Puzzle quilt was especially meaningful to me.  The owner is a daughter-in-law of a woman I became frie...

I found two fun fabrics on a pieced squares scrap quilt.  This is another from the family collection that I have been repairing.   See - Whi...

A quickie little post to share just this one fabric. I found it on a 1960s scrap quilt.  As I've written before, I'm not in lo...

The Double Wedding Ring pattern was sure popular in the 1930s!  This spring, I've had two here for repairs in the same month.  When I bl...

A fiber friend is going through the sad process of clearing out her ailing aunt's home.  The aunt was quite a crafter, and had amass...

This lovely little 9-patch came for a few small repairs to the top and remedy for the very worn edges.  Originally, it had a knife-edge fini...

What a gift! Not long ago I was the happy recipient of a cardboard box labeled "old fabric."   The story:

One of my favorite parts of the quilt repair biz is when someone brings a family heirloom quilt and shares the story and occasionally even p...

What a lively quilt this is!  A full description is in the previous post .  Here are some more photos of the fun fabrics in the quilt. 19...

My buddy Julia over at Basya Berkman Vintage finds the best stuff!  In the last couple of weeks, she's given me two really delightful d...

Hello, Sunbonnet Sue!  It was great to spend part of my August with this little girl, all decked out in her summer frocks and bonnets. ...

Every now and then, the most exciting thing about a quilt is on the back!  This collection of fabric prints and colors could be considered i...

I spent last week visiting the Seattle area.  What a lovely part of the world!  To make the experience even more fun, there were two quilt...

I repaired a very, very worn basket quilt made in the 1880s or 90s.  It was so tattered that all I could do was put on a new back and s...

I found this delightful fabric on the back of a cotton crazy quilt.  The top was probably pieced in the 1950s, but I think this backing wa...

Some quilts are repositories of stories, memories, and love.  This is one such quilt.  It was made c. 1950 by the owner's mother.  She c...

The previous post is about a 1940s hexagon quilt that has opened my eyes to mid-century conversation prints.  Barbara Brackman in her book ...

I recently repaired a 1940s hexagon quilt.  It was made by the owner's mother when she was a teen.  It's a smallish quilt, quite lik...