My linen quilt is finished and wound up being a great project for learning. Because I worked primarily with linen garment scraps, my color selection was decidedly different from the quilt I based this project on. I pieced via serger, which is guaranteed to be a pain. It also leads to a fair amount of […]

I went to a local SCA event yesterday called “The Wild Hunt.”  They had a pair of A&S competitions, one of which intrigued me. “Best fix” was all about a correction or repair, and this coat fit the bill perfectly. My partner Alherin began using a Valsgärde 6 helmet for tourney fighting in the spring […]

I came across Postcards from Sweden a few years ago, and loved it, and promptly forgot about it.  But then a friend made one, and I gave some thought to the ludicrous piles of linen scraps in my studio, and jumped in.  I will end up with a different palette, because my scraps tend to be […]

I finally finished a quilt I started ages ago, and I love it enough to keep it.  The blocks are giant scrappy string-pieced things, which I quilted as I went.  I assembled the thing and quilted the sashing once I made all of the blocks, which is definitely an interesting technique.  I still feel nervous […]