Occasionally,  I get requests to mend things other than quilts.  This is Seminole patchwork, a technique developed among the Seminole people...

This dress was worn by Margaret Jane McCornack at her wedding to Myron Gage on May 14, 1872. The dress has been passed down in her family...

Here are two heirloom quilts that came to me in need of some TLC.     At some point, someone affixed typed labels that identify the q...

There are many different ways to put a value on a quilt.  Sometimes, like with this one, it's the artistry and the family history th...

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...

Sometimes, a quilt with a very sad story comes to me to be repaired.  The sad story here is that this gorgeous c. 1860 tulip quilt was t...

Another crazy quilt!  They certainly were all the rage with the Victorian ladies, and of course, still have many, many fans.  (Pun not in...

This crazy quilt provides a good example of the different techniques that I use to help maintain aging silks.  It also had a special pro...

Photo by Sotheby's I can think of no better way to celebrate the release of my book on antique quilt care than to tell you the sto...

A friend of mine, who has done a substantial bit of world travel, asked me if I could repair four World War II banners they had purchased in...

Repairing crazy quilts.  Well.  These are pretty difficult to work with, in my estimation.  Hence the title of this post! Most often, t...