My friend, Patty (Patalier on Etsy), recently found two vintage crazy quilt pieces at her local thrift store. She purchased both, keeping one for herself and sending the other one to me, because she knew I would love it. She also sent a photo of the cute quilt she made from her piece. She cut…
My younger sister, Mary, is a freak for Halloween. Unfortunately, she lives in a condo and doesn’t get any trick-or-treaters, which is a shame, because this girl goes all out in the decoration department. Fortunately, she has a wonderful Halloween party every year where she is able to show off new purchases and creations, in…
Sheets have been a mainstay fabric of mine since I first began to sew in the early 60s. Vintage 100% cotton muslin and percale sheets are still one of my favorite fabrics for hand piecing and embroidery. They have a nice feel and are usually easy to needle since the thread count is not as…
Wake Up! It’s time to find out who won the quilt. And the winner is . . . . . Number 8. Congratulations, Joyce! I hope you enjoy the Dean’s Cloth Book doll quilt.
This morning I finished quilting my Dean’s Cloth Book doll quilt, and I think it turned out just fine. It’s been many months since I have done any hand quilting, and I’m so excited that I was able to stitch without problems. I am becoming accustomed to quilting with a wrist brace, and I think…
No, I have not been vacationing at some exotic locale. During this latest hiatus from blogging, I have been on a binge of fixing up a few rooms in our house — the sewing room, family room, and our bedroom. When one of these moods hits me, my husband generally just stands back and lets…
Last Wednesday was a very good day. I stopped by Goodwill because Wednesday is senior discount day, plus it turned out that all of the linens and fabrics were 30% off. In addition to ten big bed sheets for another rag rug, I found 3 bolts of fabric (two pretty Waverly fabrics and one white…
The Golden Almanac Pictures by Masha Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1944 FRONT BACK DUST JACKET
When I was growing up in Oklahoma, we lived in an old neighborhood that had a nice mix of families with young children and older couples. Only a couple of homes on our block had air conditioners, so the women usually spent part of their summer afternoons sitting and visiting each other on their porches….
There has not been a lot of quilting going on recently at Q is for Quilter, because I have been obsessed with learning how to knit socks. Even though there is still lots more to learn, I think I have mastered the basic sock pattern, and want to attempt some more elaborate designs. I’m having…
When I wrote a post about these patterns in 2010, I linked to images of the transfers on my Flickr page. Since I’ve deleted my Flickr account, I thought I should make them available again on my blog. These are numo transfers with raised blue dots that are one use only. Because some of the…
Okay . . . I know I said I was going to post something quilty, but for the past few weeks I’ve been knitting socks as well as making quilts. My son’s girlfriend, Cirilia Rose, is an amazing knitter and knit designer who works as the Creative Director for the Skacel Collection. She has inspired…
The Golden Almanac Pictures by Masha Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1944
At first I was just going to scan and clean my favorite pictures from this coloring book, but I had such a difficult time choosing among them, that I have decided to do the whole book. I’m about halfway through the 96 pages now, so I’ll take a little break from this activity, and hopefully…
Here is the second set of these cute coloring book pages. More pages from an earlier post are available here. Poster Picture Book to color Peter Mabie, Illustrator Whitman Publishing, 1934