Banquet Journal

gloria

gloria vanderbuilt must be freaking out over givenchy's resort collection... (note especially the lacquered patchwork floor)

quilt love

when i was in los angeles last summer i found this tattered quilt at the fairfax flea for a dollar. love the prints, esp that last one...

velvet patchwork

  sonia delaunay jacket (from here, via here) quilt (here via here). 

happy birthday s

needlepoint

new throw pillow from my favourite church rummage sale.

snail trail

from the folk art museum.

kit one - the snake

the make a snake kit includes everything you need to paint, sew, and stuff a 29 inch long snake suitable for blocking cold air at the foot of a door. this "draft dodger" (as he now is affectionate...

folk costumes

from kris's color stripes.

crazy pattern quilt

   i didn't realize how much i wanted this quilt until it was gone... from the slotin folk art auction.  

quilts 1700-2010

would love to see this  at the v & a... also, just discovered today is ada lovelace day!