Following up on Viking Sails
Back in 2013, I visited the Maritime Museum in San Diego, California, and aboard one of the historic ships I saw a huge storage area set aside for extra rigging and sails, and… Continue reading
Monthly Archive: July, 2016
Trying Some FMQ Options
Thank you to everyone for input on ways to put the string quilt blocks together. In the comments, Choice 3, a straight grid of sashing was the clear winner, but in the voting,… Continue reading
Greek Costume Stamps
In 2007, I got to go to Athens (the real one in Greece — we have one in Texas too but it’s not quite as famous) on very short notice. Usually when I… Continue reading
Setting Options – Opinions Requested
With this cold I’ve had for two weeks, I have felt too foggy to concentrate on anything even slightly complicated, but I have been wanting to sew. So I have spent a little… Continue reading
Rags, Rugs, and a Mystery
I saw this picture in a National Archives blog post for Mother’s Day. The winding of the rags caught my eye. I thought I remembered reading that during the Great Depression, whole kits… Continue reading
The Milliner’s Secret
Having just read about the couturiers and milliners of WWII Paris, I was excited to find a novel set in that era. I was hoping that maybe more information about Théâtre de la… Continue reading