A Colorious Quilt
I started this quilt eleven years ago!! And quickly ran into trouble. It has been on my To Finish list every year since then, and I am thrilled that it is finally done.… Continue reading
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1940s Pattern Books from the Home Front
It’s been a while since I dipped into the treasure trove of pattern books I got in an auction. As I wrote a few posts back, during the 1940s, the original pattern collectors,… Continue reading
ScrapHappy: The Next Generation
Earlier this summer, the text string went something like this: Millennial Mom next door: Do you have any fabric scraps I could buy from you? Me: Your family gave me half my… Continue reading
The Endeavourers Reveal Day: Collage
I am part of an online art quilt group, The Endeavourers. We have quarterly design themes, and it is always fun to see how each person interprets the theme. This quarter the theme… Continue reading
A Stack of Summer Dish Towels
One of my goals for the year is to use up most of my weaving yarn. I have been weaving on and off for over 40 years, and my favorite thing to weave… Continue reading
Guest Post: Never Give Up
You might know Sue (Mac’s Girl) from her lovely nature blog, where she takes us along on seasonal walks and shows us both vistas and details, and also shares observations of the nature… Continue reading
Knitting for Victory in the Early 1940s
As the 1940s dawned, my “adopted ancestors“, Minnie and Olive, were still interested in neckwear fashions — — but just two weeks after the attack at Pearl Harbor, they had picked up patterns… Continue reading
Decorator Dreams from the 1940s
As I wrote last month, I am cataloging a box full of vintage needlework books and patterns that I bought at an auction. To review the history of this crafty family, in 1917,… Continue reading
ScrapHappy June 2023 — Scrappy Progress
Back in March, I treated myself to a long session of turning blue- and cream-colored scraps into big scrappy blocks for Sharon Tucker’s “String Theory” (from the April 2017 American Patchwork and Quilting). … Continue reading
1930s Pattern Books for Home Goods
As I sorted through the 1930s pattern books from the Awesome Auction Haul, I found three books of patterns for home goods. The first two are table settings books from 1937, published by… Continue reading