North and South, Great Britain Style
I love Pride and Prejudice and all those sort of period pieces, even though most of the time the characters don’t do much beyond exchanging clever conversation while they drink tea or dance… Continue reading
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Airing of the Quilts 1
Here on the Gulf Coast we usually go from a short cold damp winter straight to a very long hot humid summer. This year we didn’t have any winter to speak of, but… Continue reading
Texas Quilt Museum
Last week my weaving friend Susan and I took a day trip to the new Texas Quilt Museum in La Grange. We made a couple of stops along the way – first to… Continue reading
Happy Feet
I’d always assumed these stockings were hand knit, just because they were made of cotton and had fancy stitches. But since reading the 1914 book Textiles by William H. Dooley, I think they may… Continue reading
Not So Run-of-the-Mill
The best part about collecting textiles is getting to really look at them. Books just can’t show enough details, and in museums, the few textiles that are on display are usually set too… Continue reading