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
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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
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
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
Pollinator Quilt
The state forest where I volunteer asked me to speak about their pollinator garden at a teacher workshop there. Most of the pollinators are very fast-moving, and so small – even if the… Continue reading
Woolen Baby Belly Bands
My title today (say it three times fast!) is from the lovely 1914 book, Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis’s Cookbook. Published by the Success Company, this 1205-page compendium of housekeeping advice is printed… Continue reading