Quite Possibly, the World’s Bulkiest Quilt
I started this string quilt three years ago! At the time, I asked for setting options, and most people liked the idea of narrow sashing around the string blocks. I thought that would… Continue reading
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There’s Still a Place in the World for a Textile Writer
Last week I read a funny article, “Send a Baby to Mars!” Kelsey Piper wrote in Vox about petitions generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI), based on the language of actual petitions submitted to… Continue reading
Endeavourers Reveal Day 6 – Raindrops
It is time for the reveal day of the online group The Endeavourers. This time our theme was “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head.” I love rainy days because I can stay inside… Continue reading
Happy Earth Day!
I picked up these wooden garden markers a few weeks ago, and grouped them into an old enamel basin. They remind me to get to work in the garden! Also, I think they… Continue reading
Guest Post: A Weaver Shares Her Path
Back in September of 2018, I got an email from a woman in Tennessee, Carol Devenski, who was fairly new to weaving. She had seen a weaving swatch that she liked on my… Continue reading
Scraps to the Organizing Rescue!
[updated at the bottom of the post, with a few new ScrapHappy members that I should have added earlier today] My entry for this month’s ScrapHappy Day is not a major project, but… Continue reading
A Quilt Consultation Book
One of our friends is expecting a baby, so of course I would like to make her a quilt! I want it to reflect her taste, not mine, though, so I prepared a… Continue reading
Better Counseling through Costume Books
People rarely ask me for advice, but if they did, I’d be ready! (At least as long as they limited their questions to the area of recommendations on costume history books. And I… Continue reading
ScrapHappy February 2019
If each of us were assigned the task of designing a dog fabric, and we were told, “Include as many breeds as possible, and make them look fairly realistic,” our resulting fabrics would… Continue reading
Putting Herself in the Picture
Last week, in one of my favorite used book stores, I found the book Women’s Worlds: The Art and Life of Mary Ellen Best 1809-1891. Mary Ellen Best was a professional artist active… Continue reading