The Endeavourers’ Reveal Day, November 2025 — Sashiko

It is time once again for our online group to reveal projects in response to a quarterly theme.  This time it was “Sashiko,” which is a traditional Japanese craft, often done with white… Continue reading

Another String Theory Quilt

This is another quilt based on Sharon Tucker’s String Theory pattern, which was in the April 2017 issue of American Patchwork and Quilting. The original pattern had nine big blocks. Each block started… Continue reading

Reclamation

A few months ago, I saw “Reclamation” as the title of someone’s blog post (which, sadly, I didn’t bookmark), and I thought, “That is what I want to do with all my left-over… Continue reading

A Balkan Treasure

A few weekends ago I went to an antique show.  I had no intention of buying anything; I was there to meet up with an antique dealer I had met at a previous… Continue reading

ScrapHappy September 2025 — A Scrapbook from 1938

In a recent purchase of a box of books, I found a double treasure. First of all, the book itself is from 1887: The preface makes the bold statement: “Our album of authors… Continue reading

Some Quilts Finally Finished

This year everything fell into place for me to start working with a longarm quilter, and I am loving it.  No more trying to wrestle a large quilt through a small machine, no… Continue reading

The Endeavourers’ Reveal Day — Effervescent

It is time once again for our little online art quilt group to reveal the works inspired by a theme. This quarter the theme was Effervescent, and it reminded me of the summers… Continue reading

Two Poems for National Quilting Day

Since December I have been keeping a poetry journal, working through a book called Every Day Poetry: The 365 Day Poetry Project, by Dustin Howard.  The book leads you through 72 different poetry… Continue reading

Dust Off a Book Blog Hop

I buy a lot of books in auction lots, which means I don’t even look at each one before taking them home. So I was glad to sign up for the Dust Off… Continue reading

1920s Fashions from an Unlikely Source

In an ongoing quest to make some space on my bookshelves, I am going through our books looking for ones to rehome, and I am starting with the largest books. Today’s book weighs… Continue reading