Cathedral Windows quilts aren't, strictly, quilts.  There isn't the 3-layer fabric and batting "sandwich" that is the sta...

My next big costuming project for Thin Ice Theater is The Phantom Tollbooth . We're producing the play by Susan Nanus, based on th...

Years ago, at a show of Native American art, I fell in love with the sculptures of Nora Naranjo-Morse.  I also fell in love with this statem...

The two items I recently posted about repairing are now up at the Basya Berkman Etsy shop.  Check 'em out if you want more info. 1950...

This lovely star quilt came to me to patch a couple of places with brown stains.  It serves as a wonderful example of how hard it is to mat...

Here's a lovely star quilt, probably made in the last decades of the 1800s.   I've seen this pattern called "Blazing S...

This otherwise basic little black dress gets most of its personality from the wonderful trim at the front neckline.   Gathered fabric...