Last weekend I played with painting old linens. I followed the directions from a 2014 article called ” ‘Dyeing’ Vintage Linens with Paint”, by Cheryl Sleboda, (Feb/March 2014 Quilting Arts magazine). This process… Continue reading
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
As I have become the family archivist, I have gotten to virtually experience world travels. My in-laws visited many countries in the 1980s and 90s, and sometimes their tours included textile centers. Here… Continue reading
The most interesting thing to me about the Age of Sail is the textiles used to make the sails. But as I have tried to find out more about them, I have been… Continue reading
These towels are based on a draft from Malin Selander’s Swedish Handweaving, which has a lovely cover that looks like a handwoven inlay. I love this book, but since it was issued in… Continue reading
Look at these two very similar samplers — They were made 57 years apart, the second one by the great-niece of the first, and based on her design. Many of us make quilts… Continue reading
Today is Bastille Day, and while the crowds outside are celebrating with music and fireworks, let’s slip down a cool dim hallway to lose ourselves in a treasury of French craftsmanship. From 1732… Continue reading
A few years ago I bought some vintage raw silk yardage and a single-size linen sheet with gorgeous hem-stitching. I finally got around to turning them into pirate shirts for my daughter and… Continue reading
As I have mentioned before, after our daughters grew up and moved out, my husband and I downsized from our typical suburban home, into a cottage that his family had built on their… Continue reading
Working on the color blocks quilt reminded me of my favorite idea from that wonderful one-dollar bargain book, Bright Ideas for Entertaining, by Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott, 1905. Obviously these people were not… Continue reading
