(Note: From the Homefront Diaries of Lorraine Shatterbuck is a fictional diary and a WIP by Frances O’Roark Dowell.) Previous Post October 22, 1942 Phyllis stopped by yesterday with some …
From the Homefront Diaries of Lorraine Shatterbuck (entry #2)
(Note: From the Homefront Diaries of Lorraine Shatterbuck is a fictional diary and a WIP by Frances O’Roark Dowell.) Previous Post October 20, 1942 Will is napping, and I have …
Notes: Friendship Album, 1933: Episode 35
In Episode 35, Eula passes down kitchen advice to her new daughter-in-law and finally gets the news she’s been waiting for. At the beginning of Friendship Album, 1933, each of …
Notes: Friendship Album, 1933: Episode 22
As I recorded this chapter, I realized that one of the main threads in Florence’s story is about how much control she has over her own life. Sure, she’s an …
Crown of Thorns Quilt–Finally Finished!
So I finally finished quilting Crown of Thorns, the same quilt Dorothy made to enter the Sears “Century of Progress” Quilt contest. (Is it weird that I think Dorothy is …
Diary of a Quilt in Progress: Dorothy’s Crown of Thorns
When did I start Dorothy’s Crown of Thorns quilt? Was it a hundred years ago? Two hundred years? Or was it sometime last summer? It started with this sample block …