It was a very cool, rainy weekend, and the leaves are starting to change colors and fall. I'll soon be adding raking leaves to my to-do ...

I usually talk about the fun parts of living in the country—the garden, the birds, the peace and quiet. This past week I've been doing o...

My latest Ebay vintage fabric purchase... Luckily this was a buy now auction so I didn't have to bid! It's a very finely woven combe...

OK, the baby quilt. My friend Jenny had just painted her guest bedroom coral and then she found out she was pregnant. And didn't want to...

JZ asks, I'm interested in the process you use to select the components in your design - hankie, fabric, lace edging, buttons. What'...

A few of the sachets I mentioned in passing the other day. Two dozen of these are headed to a shop in California. And my supply of hankies i...

A morning glory from my garden—what a color! I really didn't mean to be away for so long, but I got caught up in the presidential conven...

This is a very cool book for inspiration... Masters: Art Quilts: Major Works by Leading Artists, Lark Books/Sterling Publishing, New York/Lo...

This is by far my best find at last weekend's show. I had picked up some fabric and aprons and was waiting for the vendor to finish with...

It's not so much that this vintage children's hanky is in perfect shape—it isn't. The fabric is thin and almost worn through in ...

After a two-hour drive, half of it through dense fog (hate that) along Route 81N in Pennsylvania we finally arrived at the show. We got a gr...

Don't forget the Madison-Bouckville Outdoor Antiques Show this weekend. If you've been reading my blog for a while you'll know ...

I showed you an embroidered quilt block of a violet last week and this is another block from that same set. You're probably wondering wh...

Last week, Janice sent me a photo of a piece of embroidery she found at a folk art/fabric art store where she lives. She wondered if I'd...

Although it hovers and hums when it feeds on flowers just like one. This is a hummingbird hawk-moth ( Macroglossum stellatarum ) feeding on ...

What is it about this summer? It's happening so fast! Sorry for the lack of blogging last week. The garden has been occupying a lot of m...

This is how I deal with the heat... By sleeping. Of course, that's how I deal with most things, but the screened porch is especially ni...

It's been unbelievably hot here the past few days—in the 90s! Thankfully it does cool off a little at night and stays cool for a few hou...

I promised to show you another apron that uses rickrack creatively and here it is. The technique for attaching the rickrack can be used on a...