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Consolidation, contraction and closing
June 2023Good Eye Consolidation, contraction and closingby Peggy Whiteneck Recently, national news sources have highlighted consolidation in American industries. Reports have focused, for example, on the airline industry, whose flight arrival and departure times have...
Feathered nests – in glass!
May 2023Good Eye Feathered nests – in glass!by Peggy Whiteneck In May, we celebrate Mother’s Day, not just for human moms but for birds - and not just feathered birds on twigged and grassy nests but moulded birds on glassy nests! In my last column, I shared a photo of...
Mould shopping and swapping in American glass
April 2023Good Eye Mould shopping and swapping in American glassby Peggy Whiteneck Moulded Glass One of the challenges in collecting American art glass is identifying the maker, given the amount of mould swapping that took place between companies. This usually...
Have a puffy new year! Puff or pillow quilts – Part One
March 2023 Covering Quilts Have a puffy new year! Puff or pillow quilts - Part One by Sandra Starley Everything old is new again. I blame A$AP Rocky (Mr. Rihanna) for the revival of the puff quilt. He wore a reworked vintage puff quilt on the red carpet at...
Make your ancestors proud – Help keep quilt history alive!
February 2023Covering QuiltsMake your ancestors proud - Help keep quilt history alive! by Sandra Starley Preserving quilt history is easy to do and so important. The first step: share your quilt story with friends and family. Tell friends about your quilt...
Seven Stars for seven sisters, a pattern history
December 2022Covering QuiltsSeven Stars for seven sisters, a pattern history by Sandra Starley Patchwork Patterns “Seven Stars is a romantic-sounding name, but the quilt really deserves this lofty title. It’s a beauty,” Ruby McKim wrote in “101 Patchwork...
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Terracotta figurines survived rugged European trip – and more
October 2022Vintage Discoveries Terracotta figurines survived rugged European trip – and moreby Ken Weyand Some vintage items bring back a lot of memories. In 1953, I had the good fortune of traveling in Europe with the director of the Apollo Boys Choir. As a...
Mementos of a trip to Paris: 1921-22
September 2022Vintage Discoveries Mementos of a trip to Paris: 1921-22by Ken Weyand Sailing on the Aquitania My aunt, Ruth May Weyand, was the youngest of eight siblings orphaned in 1899 and farmed out to various relatives. By 1917, she had graduated from Illinois...
Picture book was a 1917 railroad souvenir
August 2022Vintage Discoveries Picture book was a 1917 railroad souvenirby Ken Weyand Rocky Mountain Views One of my relatives who traveled through the Western states by rail in the early 1900s came home with a souvenir book of “Rocky Mountain Views. The origin of my...
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