This is a 1930s Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt.  This pattern was very popular in this era, and often made like this one, with a vari...

I visited my friend Gloria today.  In amongst the memorabilia she pulled out, she showed me her mom's button collection.  And then she l...

In the home stretch now! I've completed (I think....) the final detailing and embroidering on the bog quilt.  Here's the scoop: ...

I've been strongly drawn to old button collections lately.  At an estate sale a couple of weeks ago, I found a delightful baggie of butt...

Thin Ice Theater's fall 2010 production was "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde. This necessitated upper crust British formal ...

Recent developments at the fen: My friend asked if I could make the kayak smoother.  I've been interfacing everything with a super-lig...

I've been working on a log cabin quilt.  It's maybe Mennonite, purchased in Ontario a while ago.  It's not very, very old.  Pro...