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Deborah Yaffe

Ready for its closeups

A couple of months ago, when Jane Austen’s House Museum unveiled the results of the collaborative quilting project it organized to...

Deborah Yaffe

Unveiling the Jane Austen quilts

The delightful Jane Austen Quilt project culminated earlier this month with the unveiling at Jane Austen’s House Museum of two beautiful...

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Patching together Austen's life

Among the commemorations planned during last year’s bicentenary of Jane Austen’s death, one of the most delightful was the Chawton quilt...

Deborah Yaffe

Women's work, international edition

When I was a girl – yes, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth – I was a dab hand at needlepoint. I stitched plastic canvas into keepsake...

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What the--?

By now, it’s hardly a shock that other people see things in Jane Austen that I just can’t find there. Heck, I wrote a whole book about...

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Crafting time

Today’s edition of Jane Austen Craft Projects I Wish I Had Time For features a charming cross-stitch kit based on one of C.E. Brock’s...

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Awesome mom, possibly a Janeite

Most of us moms are muddling along, trying to make sure the kids eat something besides cold cereal, wear clothing that is reasonably...

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P&P & Quilts

Visitors to Jane Austen’s House Museum, fondly known as Chawton Cottage, love to admire the patchwork quilt stitched by Austen, her...

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Tiny Regency furniture

I can’t imagine anything more fun than the you-got-your-chocolate-in-my-peanut-butter combination of Jane Austen and dollhouse...

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Needling Jane

I’m not a knitter, but for years I’ve been intrigued by the “Jane Austen Knits” link that keeps popping up in my Google alert, one in a...