Tag Archive: quilts

Textile Treasures

A most generous reader, Ranger Elaine, has sent me some wonderful treasures from her collection. The star of the show is this tiny silk-covered accordion book with quilt scraps in it.  Elaine thinks… Continue reading →

Return to Routine

Our family celebrates the holidays in about the most laid-back, stress-free way possible, but still I am always glad to get back to ordinary life. All the posts I have read recently have… Continue reading →

15 in ’15 End of the Year Check-in and a Find

I did not complete all the goals I set at beginning of the year.  But this has been my best year ever for actually working on goals throughout the year. √ 15 fused… Continue reading →

The Perfect Recipient

My sister asked me to make a quilt out of her Texas Rangers T-shirts, for her grandson.  The only thing I knew about T-shirt quilts is that they are hard to make, since… Continue reading →

Blog Hop Around the World

A few weeks ago, I was invited to participate in the Blog Hop Around the World.  I said yes, but at the time I was deep into research on Bronze Age textiles, and… Continue reading →

Trio of Friendly Seas Quilts

A trio of quilts, inspired by a trio of blogs! These quilts were built around the turquoise fabric, “Friendly Seas,” designed by Cynthia Frenette for Robert Kaufmann. The two on the sides were… Continue reading →

First Finish for 2014

There is just nothing better than the feeling of finishing a big project. This quilt started out to be given to a county home for teen-age boy runaways.  I wanted it to be… Continue reading →

Lessons from a Greek Vase

Last night, after a day of spring cleaning, I sat down with some hand quilting in front of the TV, and chose the PBS series Empires, the episode on the Greeks. Now, I… Continue reading →

Quilt Festival Treasures

Here are some of the quilt pictures I took at the 2013 International Quilt Festival, and what caught my attention about these particular quilts.  (The pictures are huge, but when I try to… Continue reading →

March Materials Madness

It all started with the book, The Uncommon Quilter: Small Art Quilts Created with Paper, Plastic, Fiber, and Surface Design by Jeanne Williamson.   It’s a big title, but the quilts in the book… Continue reading →