In this week’s episode of Diary of Mad Quilter, Marnie takes a tour of the Florence Grangerfield home with the members of the Quilt Museum board.
Chapter Thirty-Two | Diary of a Mad Quilter
In this week’s episode of Diary of Mad Quilter, Marnie meets an inspiring centenarian, while Sheila contemplates building a quilting empire!
Chapter Thirty-One | Diary of a Mad Quilter
In this week’s episode, Marnie meets Maisie Baker’s formidable daughter and gives a progress report on Darrell’s studio.
Another vintage story | ‘The Career of a Crazy Quilt’
There’s so much news and so many links, where do I even begin?
Let’s begin with this month’s giveaway. Our August sponsor is Quiltfolk magazine, and this month’s giveaway includes a one-year subscription to Quiltfolk and a beautiful coffee table book, Quiltfolk Life. Head over to the Quilt Fiction website to enter!
If you loved Friendship Album, 1933, I’m happy to announce that for a limited time, the audio podcast is on sale for $8.99! Curious, but not sure you’re ready to commit? Click this link and listen to the first five episodes for free!
In this month’s podcast, I’ll be reading a short story that originally appeared in the July 1884 issue of Godey’s Lady’s Book—“The Career of a Crazy Quilt.” If you’d like to read along, you can find the story in UNC’s Internet Archives. By the way, when I was editing the rest of the podcast, I realized that I refer several times to Godey’s Lady’s Magazine instead of Godey’s Lady Book. Whoops!
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xoFrances
Chapter Thirty | Diary of a Mad Quilter
In this week’s episode, Marnie gets one step closer in her search for Maisie Baker McGrath.
Chapter Twenty-Nine | Diary of a Mad Quilter
In this week’s episode, we return to the escapades of quilter Marnie Fetzer in the latest installment of Diary of a Mad Quilter.
‘The Bedquilt’ | A 1904 story by Dorothy Canfield
In this week’s episode, Frances reads “The Bedquilt,” a short story by Dorothy Canfield, in which an elderly spinster gets her due at last.
4 | Birds of Paradise – A Friendship Album Novella (Eula)
In this week’s episode, we reach the conclusion of “Birds of Paradise,” the Eula novella.
3 | Birds of Paradise – A Friendship Album Novella (Eula)
In Part Three of “Birds of Paradise,” Delia reveals why she’s asked Eula to come back to Homerville.
2 | Birds of Paradise – A Friendship Album Novella (Eula)
In part two of “Birds of Paradise,” Eula and Cora try to figure out what scheme their sister Delia has up her sleeve.

