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Collectibles Commemorating British Royalty
November 2022Good Eye Collectibles Commemorating British Royaltyby Peggy Whiteneck The year 2022 was the 70th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who was still mentally robust but, at age 96, physically frail in the few photos taken of her this year....
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...
Learn something new – take a quilt class
August 2022Covering QuiltsLearn something new - take a quilt class by Sandra Starley This year, I have been focusing my column on the benefits of learning new quilting skills whether to stretch your brain or finish old projects. One great way to learn a new...
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...
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Solving a jigsaw puzzle—80 years later
April 2022Vintage Discoveries Solving a jigsaw puzzle—80 years laterby Ken Weyand Bored Youngster When I was a youngster, we would occasionally spend Sundays with my dad’s stepmother and his two sisters in Hamilton, IL, across the river from Keokuk, IA. I...
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...
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