Sprucing Up for Spring Every magazine I have read this past month has had articles on cleaning the house and redecorating or remodelin...

Galliano and McQueen This is one of the best biographies I have read in a long while.  The story of two young British designers who ro...

Samurai Exhibition Illustration of Samurai Warrior March 6 is the opening of “Samurai: Armor From the Ann and Gabriel Barbier...

Hairpin Lace Hairpin Lace (also called hairpin crochet, fork crochet and Maltese lace which is not to be confused with Maltese bobbin ...

Hawaiian Quilts  Hawaiian Quilts, Stella M. Jones, Honolulu Academy of Arts and Mission Houses Museum, 1973 This unique ...

Mad for Plaid I recently read an article written by Leanne Italie for the Associated Press entitled “For the Love of Plaid”.  In her a...

Alexander Girard   1907-1994 “Art is only art when it is synonymous with living.” It is mid January and we are in the midst of win...