A cherished older friend of mine was generous enough to pass along to me all her feedsack fabric stash when she decided it was time to downsize. For those of you who are not familiar with feedsack fabrics, they have a fascinating history in the 1930-1950s primarily
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Some photos of the binding stage of this Christmas throw, made from fabrics donated to the shop. I pieced it, the group quilted it, and I’ve finished it off. I adore these little clips that work so much better than pinning on the binding! (And when I
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Okay, I’ll admit it: I’ve never been all that good at sitting around. (Unless, of course, there’s a book in my hand!) So here is a slice of my life—since Amazon’s dashboard for uploading books takes something close to forever to operate and much twiddling of fingers
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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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