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August 6, 2020
Lessons from The Worlds Longest Yard Sale 2020
Yard sales can offer outgrown clothes, unwanted household plunder or the occasional truly-collectible find. The World’s Longest Yard Sale is no different. I’ve talked about the sale in years past, but this year is different – I am a part of it! So I took a bit...
Lessons from The World’s Longest Yard Sale - 2020
Yard sales can offer outgrown clothes, unwanted household plunder or the occasional truly-collectible find. The World’s Longest Yard Sale is no different. I’ve talked about the sale in years past, but this year is different – I am a part of it! So I took a bit...
July 30, 2020
Updates and Upcoming Events
I am always so honored and frankly humbled when I meet readers who say “I look forward to Friday mornings when your blog will be waiting in my inbox.” But there’s just a little pressure there too! So when the days get away from me and all of a sudden it’s Thursday night and the latest blog article is still percolating in my head then I feel like I’m letting you down.
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July 23, 2020
90 Years of Kentucky Handi-Work
In 1927 a young Kentucky couple welcomed a baby girl they named Verna Madden. She would grow up...
July 17, 2020
Projects and Progress
Today’s post is just a quick update on the quilt-repair progress. I’m quilt a line or two about every day. Still the progress is slow going.
I’m finding the original fabric to be extremely fragile. I’m using my lap-frame and I’m accustomed to really pulling quilt backing tight to ensure there are no puckers in the fabric. I know better than to treat this old quilt the same way, yet even with careful handling I’ve ripped it a time or two.
Also, as I probably mentioned before, the knotty old b...
July 5, 2020
Polyester Quilt Warm and Colorful after 50 Years
Bruce sent me this picture and description of his mother’s quilt. I love that just like women of old, she was using the scraps she had to make quilts that have been keeping her family warm for decades now. Thanks so much for sharing Bruce!
This is not my favorite quilt,...
Bruce sent me this picture and description of his mothe...
Bruce sent me this picture and description of his mother’s quilt. I love that just like women of old, she was using the scraps she had to make quilts that have been keeping her family warm for decades now. Thanks so much for sharing Bruce!
This is not my favorite quilt, but it has a place. Growing up in a drafty farm house that sat on a hill overlooking Seneca Lake in western NY, staying warm during the brutal winters was a priority. Mom had a 1950s vintage Singer Featherweight sewing machine...
June 29, 2020
Kathy's Quilts
Last week I said I was turning the blog over to you readers, and a few have sent along pictures of treasured quilts. I am just loving seeing these precious pieces.
Kathy Osborne shared pictures of her mother’s quilts and they got me to thinkin’…
She mentioned how she loved t...
June 25, 2020
Your Quilts
Some of my favorite Quilts
I just love hearing from my readers. I can never find the words to describe how honored I feel when someone tells me they sat up half the night because they couldn’t put down one of my books. And when I hear you saying that a blog article o...
June 18, 2020
Quilt Repair Chronicle Week 4 Remembering Quilting Bees
Every day or two I pickup my quilt and add another line if stitching.
I was thinking about how often I’ve blogged about quilting from one perspective or another and wanted to remind you of a story I shared back in 2014. This is the story of an unplanned quilting bee. I’ve heard it many times through the years and I love the sense of community. I’d welcome such an event about now!
Golda Stepp laid out the layers of her quilt and carefully smoothed the fabric. As she tacked on...
