Over several weeks, she made a small quilt, three squares by two squares, with a design similar to a kite block pattern. For the pillow, she selected a dimensional bow tie block pattern.

Last year we did a column on kitsch crafts, and one of the featured projects was an apron made of men’s ties. We presented the apron to a friend on her birthday, and she advised us during the holiday ...

Newly retired, Dad waited by the front door to take my mom grocery shopping. “Tom, you can’t wear that,” Mom exclaimed. “Why? Don’t I match?” he asked. A fair question, since Dad was notoriously color ...

PORTERS NECK – As Pat Mazur boxed up her late husband’s clothes to donate to charity earlier this year, she found one thing she couldn’t bear to give away – or rather 65 of them. John, who passed away ...