Weekly Photo Challenge – Free Spirit
This is a tough one for me. I am pretty much the opposite of a free spirit – a homebody. I guess the most free-spirited thing I ever did was to take part… Continue reading
2 Comments
Back to School – 1950s Style
These are two skirts that my mom wore to high school in the early 1950s. I wore them again in the 70s, often. They are very comfortable and wear like iron! All you… Continue reading
Frilly Foundations
Well, it’s Labor Day – time to put away those summer whites. Here are four fabulous cotton undergarments that were stored away a century ago and never retrieved for use. These two petticoats… Continue reading
3-D Wall Quilt
I saw some free-standing quilt blocks in Jean Wells’ book Intuitive Color and Design: Adventures in Art Quilting. They were sort of a cross between a quilt block and a sculpture, using miniature… Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge – Urban
When I started participating in the Weekly Photo Challenge, I told myself that all my pictures would be from here on the farm. But then this week’s challenge, Urban, came along, so I… Continue reading
Puffball Mushroom Dye
Whenever I notice that I have a whole lot of something growing on the farm, I research it to see if it can be used for a dye. There were lots of puffball… Continue reading
Early 1900s Boy’s Outfit
When you have old-fashioned skills like spinning and weaving, people assume you know about all things historical, and ask you to speak about them, especially to kids. Because I think it’s so important… Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge – Merge
When I take photos outside, I can’t really see how the picture is going to look, since it’s too bright to see the LCD screen. So I just take LOTS of pictures… Continue reading
Late Summer Picnic
As you might have figured out by now, I collect all kinds of old household management books – books on cooking, sewing, cleaning, entertaining, and etiquette. One of my favorite finds (for which… Continue reading
Getting the Hang of It
I’m almost done with the sea glass quilt. I quilted the second half today, and joined the two halves together. Now all I have to do is quilt across the middle seam, and… Continue reading