Here's an heirloom quilt that came to me for a bit of repair.  It had one small hole and quite a bit of missing quilting.  Also, the ow...

My friend Julia of Basya Berkman Vintage Fashions learned through the grapevine about a woman with a stash of vintage clothing.  This i...

You are probably wondering about the title of this post.  Here's the spools part - a quilt made in 1965. It had quite a bit of wear in t...

The poem " Invisible Work " by Alison Luterman has long been one of my favorites.  (Note: It is the second poem on the linked ...

The border of triangles and squares that decorates my blog pages is a pattern called World Without End.  I adopted it as my logo quite a lon...

"Oh, it's outrageous to consider creating art, isn't it? But life is short. And intense. And we need art to inspire and amus...

The previous post told the story of Grace Powell and the quilt she made in the late 1930s.  Here is my part of this quilt's history:  a...