A few years ago, I did a lot of research on a quilt with many names inscribed.  It seems to be fund-raising quilt, and was made in Melrose, ...

Well, folks, the 1890s quilt I researched for several years and then exhibited last winter is, as they say, the gift that keeps on giving....

  Now that all the excitement and preparations around the exhibit have come and gone, I'm publishing the compilations of stati...

Since my previous post , the events I described then have come to pass.  A 3 1/2 year project had its milestone event.  I’m not going t...

Well, I'm of a certain age, which means I'm still totally enchanted and amazed by the ease and extent of all these means of electron...

I was just browsing through the Met Museum quilt collection and happened upon this quilt.  Boy, did I get excited! Photo: Hearts and Hand...

The amazing saga of this quilt continues.  My research into the names inscribed on this quilt showed that it was made between 1897 and 1...

I did it!  I worked my way through researching all the names I could find on the Melrose, MA quilt! (You can read the story of all t...

Part 4.  A Window on Life in 1897 ( Part 1 tells the background of a quilt inscribed with many names, and how I started my search fo...

Part 3.  Three Intertwined Families   ( Part 1 tells the background of a quilt inscribed with many names, and how I started my search ...

Part 2.  Stories, Stories, and More Stories ( Part 1 tells the background of a quilt inscribed with many names, and how I started my sea...

This quilt was sent to me, in need of repair.  It's a special quilt, because all the white pieces are inscribed in ink with names. ...

Twinkle, Twinkle, Kathy's Star This happy quilt came to me with several tears and some weak and splitting fabrics, which I patched...

My Grandma, Marion Straus, c. 1899-1900 My previous post introduced you to a vintage collector I've just met via blogging, an...