In our current world of profits and the bottom line, why would someone offer a free service to cancel all those annoying catalogs that pile up in unsightly stacks? (Or just as bad, adding to the tiresome duty of taking out the trash.) It's almost baffling, but Catalog Choice is...

Patchwork quilt blocks don't get much easier than the Friendship Star. But simple doesn't mean boring when you choose a deep, black background and sew a bunch of stars in vibrantly colored solid or tone-on-tone fabrics. I've included directions for two finished quilt block sizes -- 12-inch and 6-inch, and...

A reader recently asked Steve Jones a question about Christmas cactus care. It seems that his Christmas cactus plants "have started to turn yellow and are withering from the ends". Steve has the answer (and a good link) in this Plant Man column, dealing with Christmas cactus care and more....