Last week I shared some cards produced by The Singer Manufacturing Co. for the Columbian World Exposition in 1893.  The cards were designed...

The block for week #7 of Barbara Brackman's BOW is Alice's Flag.  It is meant to commemorate the flag made by Alice Paul to track...

Working with brown fabrics for this month's Rainbow Scrap Challenge reminded me of yet another unfinished UFO.  These 9-patch blocks w...

Since I discussed the Columbian World Exposition of 1893 last week , I thought this week would be a good opportunity to present some wonderf...

Working with brown scraps as part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge has definitely had me thinking about chocolate!  In fact, I was inspired to...

The Davis Sewing Machine Co. began producing sewing machines in the late 1860s.  The Davis product functioned a little differently from most...

One of my priority projects for this weekend was to work on hand-piecing the Sunflower block for Barbara Brackman's Grandmother's Ch...

The Rainbow Scrapsters have been challenged to use up their brown scraps this month.  I started out easy and grabbed some scrappy 2 inch str...

Today is the last Saturday brought to you by the color orange via the Rainbow Scrap Challenge .  I've made orange versions of all the sc...

I found two different dates for the start-up of the Wilson Sewing Machine Co.  The company was founded in either 1867 or 1871 by W. G. W...