When this quilt arrived for repair, it just plain made me smile.  Such a nice pattern!  I was certain I'd seen the block many times and ...

Yep.  One week later, the next estate sale.  Another button collection...... I pawed around in a little basket of little ribbon bows, so a...

Yep, another estate sale, another button jar.  I just can't pass 'em up.  All these for one dollar, folks.  Score!  (Thanks to my fr...

At an estate sale, I found some wonderful old music magazines.  I bought a few and gave them to a musician friend for her birthday.  A coupl...

The pattern on this cheerful quilt looks so familiar to me.  While I was mending it, I realized that it reminds me of Pennsylvania Dutc...

After I graduated from college in 1977, I stayed on campus, working on the data base of one of the profs.  I spent most of my days on the c...

This Schoolhouse quilt has the kind of lovely and graphic look that for many people simply means "American quilt." This poor...