antique quilts

Surviving Global Warming ?!! Victorian Style!

Summer Breadspreads Victorians as well as their predecessors suffered greatly from the heat. Just think, no air condition or even electric fans…so they were very inventive in minimizing the effect’s of  the summer heat. The houses became very hot during the day so often you would see trees planted around them not only for the aesthetics  of it but also to create… Read more →

Of Quilts and Quilters

. Proverbs 31:13 She seeketh wool ,and flax,and worketh willingly with her hands.31;18b,19 Her candle goeth not out by night.She layeth her hand to thespindle and her hands hold the distaff. Cathedral window,very difficult, made by my mom Quilts or coverlets have been the end product of women’s endeavors to properly decorate   the family beds for centuries. Most in the very early… Read more →