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I decided to use an old baby knit and crochet pattern book for the trim around Lib’s quilt. When thinking about Lib I always remember her working on a quilt and to me she always seemed to be carrying around the absence of her daughter. I was a bit of a sickly child so I […]

I did a little printmaking and a lot of mulling (without the wine – though that sounds like a great idea!) working through ideas for Elizabeth’s quilt. I didn’t come up with any workable prints, though I did have a lot of fun printing (haven’t done that for a while).   More importantly I figured out […]

I’m finally over the head cold from hell! I finished the whipstitching around the edge of Nan’s quilt this week. Done and Done. This part is always slow going. I fold the interfacing under and whipstitch it down by hand. It is a very slow, meditative process. I rather like it, it allows me the […]

The more they stay the same – or so the saying goes… Had a lot of trouble today with the sewing – lot’s of stitching and unstitching when things wouldn’t line up right so I took it as a sign that it was time to reorganize my closet. The print and book page pieces don’t […]

One of the things that intrigues me about working in wax is it’s ability to preserve things. Flowers are pressed between pages of waxed paper, bronze sculpture is sealed with wax to prevent tarnishing and fruit is covered in a wax coating to keep it appearing fresh a little bit longer. In his treatise, “On […]

Working on my grandmother Boo’s quilt has been an interesting journey. I undertook this project in part because I knew the individual quilts would take so long. I know that sounds odd, but I looked forward to the opportunity to think about each of the individuals while I made their quilts the way that I […]

I spent a whole day last week in the archives of the Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine at Orono. Started 50 years ago by Edward “Sandy” Ives, the Folklife Center is a repository of folklore and oral history of Maine and Maritime Canada. Back in 1977-1978 the Sandy Ives and students associated […]

Not an early Halloween post but rather a post about the first new quilt that I’m doing in the project, one for my maternal grandmother, Beulah Jordan Hodgman, a.k.a. “Boo”. I’m starting with Boo, because I grew up in the house next door to her so she was both literally and figuratively near and dear […]

I am excited to tell you all about a new project I am starting. I am calling it, “The Family Memorial Quilt Project” (unless or until I come up with a better title – suggestions welcome). I come from a very large extended family, full of strong, independent women, many of whom are, or were […]