Zhen Xian Bao

This is the delightful book that told me all about Chinese Thread books or Zhen Xian Bao. And there are 4 workbooks available.  Here is all of the information about the books that I have […]

Trinket Box Treasure

2 panels for the trinket box are stitched. Here is where they go on the box. Lots of work to do before that happens though. But what’s inside?  Out of the box. Untied. Opened! My […]

Trinket Box, front or side

It might be the front or it might be the back of the trinket box. Just playing with colors and materials.

Mathers Museum, Bloomington, Indiana

Yesterday morning Ellen Sieber of the Mathers Museum in Bloomington, Indiana treated our quilting group to a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum. It was colorful. It was organized. It had unique objects. It had wood […]

Wonderful Completed Caskets

Here is a tiny tease of the first completed ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’! It was made by Janice Gail and you can read her story and see great photos at The Embroiderer’s Story. A second beautiful […]

Open Shut Case

Windows at last! Pinned to the board they don’t look like all the work they were. The little lady in the window is ready to feed the as yet unstitched birds. Here is the stitching […]

Quilt Show Time Again!?!?

Can’t believe it is show time again! Our clever title (thank you Betsy) reflects our two themes. One quilt was to be influenced by the “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster of WWII England. The […]

Up On the House Top

I have stitched the shingles for the front slope of my casket. Here they are pinned to a piece of foam core over a drawing of the 3 top panels for the casket. Then I […]

A Macaroni

Every community of country house dolls needs its own Macaroni. I love his ponytail! And the little swagger in his hips. He is a 6 inch doll which translates as a 6 foot man in […]