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
Read more →This pattern is called Grandmother’s Fan, and this quilt was passed down to me from the other side of my family, my father’s side. This was pieced and quilted by his maternal grandmother, and it’s been astonishingly well preserved. I think my grandmother, her daughter, kept it
Read more →Pinterest This is perhaps my favorite of my maternal great-grandmother’s quilts, made in a variation of the Dresden Plate pattern and with a binding not often seen, an ice cream cone shape that wraps around from front to back. My great-grandmother didn’t have the easiest life, the
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