The Video’s Here!
My friend has released his “camping in the 1800s” video that he shot here at the farm. I’m not impressed with my acting abilities, but mercifully I’m only in it for a minute. … Continue reading
Setting Up for a Video
One of my Texas Master Naturalist friends had asked me several months back if he could camp on our property sometime. I said sure, and somehow it morphed into him bringing a friend,… Continue reading
Cream-colored Scarf
KerryCan at Love Those Hands At Home was curious about the textile that I had beneath the hats in yesterday’s post, so here it is in more detail. (Incidentally, KerryCan is doing a… Continue reading
Hats for the Four Seasons
National Hat Day is coming up on January 15th, so I thought I’d inspire you to participate by showing some vintage hats. I picked them up at different antique shops back in the… Continue reading
Paperwork and Photographs
January is the time of year when I want to be outside working if the weather is nice, and inside quilting or weaving if it isn’t. But instead I seem to spend the… Continue reading
Weave Truth with Trust
From the WordPress prompt book for 2014: Quote me. Do you have a favorite quote that you return to again and again? What is it, and why does it move you? My title… Continue reading
A Great Coat for Great Weather
This coat belonged to my husband’s grandfather! Gary Cooper wore one like it in The Fountainhead, which was made in 1949, so I would guess this is from the 1950s. It is only… Continue reading
Summing Up, Looking Ahead
Last year I made three resolutions – I was going to keep an art journal, use up my fabric scraps, and watch the quilting videos I had, which would in turn help me… Continue reading
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings, Week 52: an embroidered Bible presented by Charles I, on behalf of Queen Anne, to Sir Harry Wardlaw of Pitreavie
Originally posted on Echoes from the Vault:
The embroidered front cover of the Wardlaw Bible, a copy of the 1640 Geneva-Tomson Bible presented by Charles I to Sir Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie for…
Textile Time Travel – the Middle Ages
It’s not often that we get the kind of bleak rainy weather we’ve had lately, so I’ve been glad for the excuse to stay inside and lose myself in some wonderful books and… Continue reading