Yes, I'm a day late for the Solstice, but better late than never, I figure.  Let's slow down for a while and appreciate the cycles ...

Wonderful coincidences and quilt stories just keep on coming.  I love quilters!  Here's the newest one to arrive in my inbox: I have i...

Two American eagle quilts, in honor of Veterans Day. Several years ago, I was honored to be asked to conserve a spectacular eagle quilt.  ...

    Here is my good friend Julia of Basya Berkman Vintage .  She usually is behind the camera photographing her models, but this time, I...

A friend posted a link to this amazing tapestry story.  There's been a 14-year project (yes, that's right, 14 years) to create ...

Remember this sweet baby quilt I posted about a couple of months ago? Well, look what I found at an estate sale this weekend! I thi...

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

"Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland and Virginia" is the title of the current exhibit at the DAR Museum in Washington D...

Welcome to Egypt! Having just visited Turkey during the ancient Roman era in my previous post , let's continue the tour with a st...

It's Thanksgiving here in the US.  This quilt combines stars and hearts and family mementos, so by way of giving thanks for brightness...

This surely is a "collector's dream" quilt. It pretty certainly dates to the 1930s.  The peach and soft green were b...

Well, here's another addition to my increasing knowledge Cleopatra's Fan, the Art Deco-style pattern on this quilt.  Here's what...

I posted about a week ago about the quilt I repaired with an Art Deco pattern that I couldn't name. Yesterday morning, over breakf...

When this quilt arrived for repair, it just plain made me smile.  Such a nice pattern!  I was certain I'd seen the block many times and ...

After I graduated from college in 1977, I stayed on campus, working on the data base of one of the profs.  I spent most of my days on the c...

This is a lovely silk Pineapple quilt.  There are lots of wonderful colors, still bright and clear.  This quilt definitely puts to rest th...

My friend Shauna recently spent several weeks in France.  Amongst her wonderful travelogue of photos, this one really caught my eye.

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...

While poking around on the "interwebs", I found a fun vintage photo .  It made me smile, and I hope you'll enjoy it, too. I...

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...