Do you know how there can be a project with one little glitch that ends up defining the whole process even though the project was otherwise ...

Just a little while ago, I wrote about how exciting it is to find an exactly matching fabric when patching vintage and antique quilts.  I to...

Finding just the right fabrics to restore a vintage or antique quilt can be a challenge.  The chances of The Exact Match are slim.  It's...

A customer sent me two Double Wedding Ring quilts made by her grandmother.  She asked if I could take pieces off of the more “loved up” qui...

The family story of these three quilts is at Three Quilts, Three Generations - The Story .  Here, I will descirbe the repairs that I made to...

I recently had the pleasure of repairing three heirloom quilts made by three generations of quilters. Two are heavy, wool and flannel crazy ...

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&...

The color play on this quilt is spectacular!   This turned patching some of the diamonds into one of those good news / bad news situations....

I really fell in love with this "homey" log cabin.  It's such a cozy look - and feel, too, as the fabrics are well-loved and ...

In some ways, this cheery quilt is a typical 1930s-40s quilt.  But not all ways.  Read on.... The quilt has a favorite look of this er...

  Just about three years ago, I posted about a quilt I repaired.  The great-granddaughter who brought me the quilt for repair wrote the ...

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 ...

Here's the quilt currently on my work table: Quite honestly, Grandmother's Flower Garden is not one of my favorite patterns.  A...

I really enjoyed working on this quilt.  It's a kind of quilt that I have dubbed a "quilt-y quilt" - meaning it personifie...

For me, buttons are just about the coolest things in the world.  I am constantly amazed by how many kinds of buttons people have managed to ...

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...

-------> My daughter Katrina came to me last spring, asking me to be an advisor for a wedding dress one of her best friends had asked...

This sweet quilt is as old as I am.  This somehow makes me very happy. The block is known as Album Quilt, with a white, center rectang...

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...