Sometimes a really, really damaged quilt is still incredibly beautiful.  This is one of those times.  The quilt was sent t...

I absolutely love this quilt!  If it had been in a shop rather than coming to me for repair, I might have just "had" to buy it.  P...

The second installment of weekly quilt repair tidbits and photos. Schoolhouse quilt, c. 1915-20 This week: a wonderful schoolhouse quilt, a ...

  The owner sent me these photos of her gorgeous crazy quilt for an initial assessment.  She and I decided not to do any repairs at this tim...

My next virtual workshop on quilt restoration and conservation is coming up in 2023 - Saturdays from Jan 18 - Feb 23 to be precise. Here...

What do these things have to do with taking care of vintage and antique quilts?   Two-step greens? https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/tap-...

Might I suggest a new quilt adventure for your fall?  I am teaching an in-depth workshop focusing on repairing and caring for quilts.  Here...

read the story of this quilt Why do I like repairing quilts?  My academic background is in anthropology, which taught me about how mu...

Wow.  This quilt is just wow.  It's one of the wow-iest quilts I've worked on.  I love it. Here's how the owner came to acq...

My restoration buddy Martha Spark and I have been planning our brand new Quilt Restoration Workshop for the past year.  And now - here we ar...

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...

OK, folks, I totally love this quilt! It's a super fun collection of well-loved blocks, other more uncommon blocks, and a couple of ...

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...

Well, if it wasn't exciting enough to be able to say that I wrote and self-published a book, I now get to announce that the first pr...

       This christening gown is a family heirloom with a full pedigree.  The left photo is the front, right photo is the back, third ...

Stephanie Ann, over at her blog World Turn'd Upside Down, posted two really fun items last week. Stephanie Ann is a re-enactor, histori...

There's a wonderful post over at Treasures From A French Attic . It's about a tapestry fragment - just the top border - which ...

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...

This quilt is a family heirloom, made by the great-grandmother of the current owner.  My thanks to the family for sharing their ancesto...