All articles from: May, 2008

Hand Made Quilts – The Ultimate Hug

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Laura Childs and has no comments yet.

As many of my regular readers know, we recently suffered a house fire and lost everything we owned.
The tragedy wasn’t so much about the loss of ’stuff’ but the effect of uproar on our family. Material possessions, after all, can be replaced, but the effect of watching your home, your safety zone, go up in [...]

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Quilting, the History of a Handicraft

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Laura Childs and has no comments yet.

Quilting is a country craft as old as the hills themselves. For many people through the ages, quilting has a comforting and enigmatic combination of necessity, community, craftwork, and commemoration.
In colder climates, a woman’s quilting circle is still an opportunity for us to come together, to work on projects together, to talk over the [...]

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