Here are some photos of the fabrics in the first quilt I ever made.  You can find the story of making the quilt in the previous post . ...

As a child, I learned to sew clothes from my mom.  We kept all the scraps in a cardboard box near the sewing machine on the bottom shelf...

I came across this wonderful quilt in my surfing today. It was made and signed in 1937 by Camille Nixdorf Phelan.  There is a map of t...

A friend was unexpectedly given this quilt along with some other Freecycle things she was picking up.  And guess who she thought might li...

This is a lovely Edwardian dress with loads of lovely lace.  The lace was broken in a few places.  Here's how I repaired it. Break ...

Here's a photo my vintage clothing friend Julia took of me as I was puzzling out a repair. The dress is (more precisely - was, and...

I spent last Thursday through Sunday at a most enjoyable quilters' retreat. Good times all 'round!  A recently retired friend...