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Adventures in antique selling
October 2022Good Eye Adventures in antique sellingby Peggy Whiteneck She was not your typical buyer. She looked more like my inner stereotype of a “biker chick” in her leather jacket, boots, and dark makeup. I had my doubts that she’d be a paying customer when she...
Back at work again!
September 2022Good Eye Back at work again!by Peggy Whiteneck Years ago - actually, more years than I can count! - I worked at the Antiques Collaborative, off Exit 1 of I-89 on Route 4 in Quechee, VT, as the front desk manager. That high-end business...
What’s hot in antiques and collectibles for 2022?
August 2022Good Eye What’s hot in antiques and collectibles for 2022?by Peggy Whiteneck What's new and what's not Each year, my column revisits this theme for any changes from prior year in the popularity of various antiques and collectibles. There were some surprises...
UFO, PHDS, and WIPS, oh my! Finding and finishing your unfinished projects
July 2022Covering QuiltsUFO, PHDS, and WIPS, oh my! Finding and finishing your unfinished projects by Sandra Starley What is in your work room? If you are like most quilters, you have lots of partial projects, leftovers or orphan blocks lurking in your sewing...
Quilting makes the quilt: Quilting by hand, machine or check?
June 2022Covering QuiltsQuilting makes the quilt: Quilting by hand, machine, or check? by Sandra Starley Once you have your quilt top completed, there are many ways to finish it. You can hand quilt or machine quilt or some combination of the two. I like to...
Row, row, row your quilt… gently sew the seams – row quilts
May 2022Covering QuiltsRow, row, row your quilt... gently sew the seams – row quilts by Sandra Starley I was recently challenged to create a row quilt and thought I would share a bit about my process and about row quilts in general. Let’s start with defining a...
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Old nursery rhyme book fondly remembered
March 2022Vintage Discoveries Old nursery rhyme book fondly remembered ~ by Ken Weyand ~ My first books One of my first books – saved by my mother over the years – recently turned up in my attic. “Three Little Pigs” is a nursery rhyme classic, and it was...
Donald Duck pull toy was a 1940s hit
February 2022 Vintage Discoveries Donald Duck pull toy was a 1940s hit ~ by Ken Weyand ~ As a youngster, one of my favorite comic-strip characters was Donald Duck, a creation of the Walt Disney Co. in the 1930s. Like many of his contemporaries, Donald...
Old book charmed children in its day
January 2022 Vintage Discoveries Old book charmed children in its day by Ken Weyand “Bugaboo Bill and Other Wonders” I came across an old book the other day that has me stumped. Was it part of the accumulation of “old stuff” my parents never threw away? Was it...
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