As I look at this quilt I made, I wonder how you see it. Think about the long journey it’s had, the missing chapters of its life you and I will never know. I encountered the beginnings of it as small bits of fabric inside a small
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I’ve done this for a few of my own inherited quilts and for a quilt or two I’ve rescued from the scrap heap, but this is the first time I’ve done it for anyone else (and only love for a friend would induce me!) This quilt had
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I’m the happy steward of vintage linens handed down through my mother that belonged to my beloved grandmothers, and a part of me is freaking out a little at disturbing them in the slightest. But the more pragmatic part of me knows that as long as they’re just
Read more →One of the most beloved forms of traditional quilt is a friendship quilt, where names are embroidered on blocks, and I was privileged to play a small part in reuniting a lost quilt top with the daughter of the woman who pieced it. A member of
Read more →This was my first attempt at paper-piecing and I can only say that “Go Big or Go Home” is a pretty crazy way to live! I did survive the experience, though, with most of my hair intact. 😉 Note: Twisted Log Cabin Poinsettia Table Runner
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