This post about creative mending is in honor of my personal New Year's tradition of mending everything I can during this week.  (I don&#...

The previous post is about a 1940s hexagon quilt that has opened my eyes to mid-century conversation prints.  Barbara Brackman in her book ...

I recently repaired a 1940s hexagon quilt.  It was made by the owner's mother when she was a teen.  It's a smallish quilt, quite lik...

Musings as we spin from the old year to the new one..... I've liked this quote for many, many years.  It is from Letters to a Young ...

Indigo and white quilts are clear and clean, always eye-catching.  And the basket block always has such a lovely, old-timey feel. Thi...

A customer sent me photos of this lovely, lovely Pickle Dish quilt, curious about how to deal with the differential fading of the navy...

  I made a Renaissance-style gown for myself.  I belong to a little group that plays for English country dancers (as seen at any ball you&...