fiddly quilts

Perhaps I should have titled this, “The-Opposite-of-Fiddly Quilts.” When my sister was visiting, she mentioned that quilting seems too precise, and she would never be able to get all those corners right. (I worry about all the points not being right, too, but have learned that ease is my friend and how to use it.) [...]

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pretty things

I refer to my stack of old issues of Victoria magazine when I want to be inspired about pretty things to buy or create. These photos are from the September 2002 issue and likely my eye skipped over them the first time, because what I was looking at eight years ago are likely not the [...]

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what’s better than a sale?

What’s better than a sale? A vintage clothing sale, that’s what! Just to help spread the word about a good thing, J Peterman is having a sale on some of it’s close-out items. I bought this gorgeous dress a few weeks ago when it’s sale price was slightly higher, and it is my favorite dress [...]

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