Red and Blue Calico Sampler of a Antique Quilt, 81 inches Square surveyors stencil visible image size would be

visible image size would be 6 5/8" x 4 1/2"

And what a marvelously gestural body

I've been taking special note of the yellow finches at the feeder this summer--it seems impossible they should be so bright and beautiful

beautiful old dry wood patinas

Red and Blue Calico Sampler of a Antique Quilt, 81 inches Square surveyors stencil visible image size would beI pretty much never buy quilts to sell, in significant part because I am not well equipped to photograph them, but I found this one at an antiques shop in Nashville and just could not walk away from it. (I actually did, once, then went back the next day for it; it kept calling to me! And I would very glad to keep this one for myself) I am forever drawn to antique calicos, indigos especially, and this feels to me like quilt that is also as pure a