Monthly Archive: November, 2015

The Perfect Recipient

My sister asked me to make a quilt out of her Texas Rangers T-shirts, for her grandson.  The only thing I knew about T-shirt quilts is that they are hard to make, since… Continue reading

Harvest Costumes from the 1930s and 40s

In this season of harvest, I bring you some creative costumes from the bountiful Rio Grande Valley of  Texas.  They were made in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, for the annual Birthday Party… Continue reading

Perplexing Persimmons

I have a plethora of persimmon trees, so for the last two years I have been trying to use them for natural dyeing, hoping they would produce a color of their own or… Continue reading