Irene Rawlings

Works

Sisters on the Fly
The Sisters on the Fly "have more fun than anyone." They buy and restore vintage trailers...and take them fly fishing to some of the most beautiful places in the country. The book is organized around fishing, food, friendship, love and loss. And, of course, around beautiful vintage trailers that have been lovingly restored from "trashed to treasured." The book features dozens of engaging stories about the incredible women who restore these trailers, as well as sidebars loaded with both practical and whimsical information for anyone who is ready to find her own trailer and join the Cowgirl Carvan.

The Clothesline
The scent and feel of line-dried linens connects us to a simpler time when women shared household secrets, recipes and remedies over the back fence. Includes tips for creating a fabulous laundry room, hints for easy care of heirloom linens, and traditional washday recipes like lavender ironing water.

Portable Houses
From restored trailers to all-weather tepees, whimsical yurts, converted packing crates, old school buses, modular ski pods, renovated train cars, vintage wooden boats and even a 747, Portable Houses takes you behind the scenes to meet designers, architects, builders and owners who tell how they converted their dreams into reality.

Selected Works

nonfiction book
Sisters on the Fly
Campfires, caravans, adventures and tall tales from the open road by Sisters on the Fly
Nonfiction
The Clothesline
A fresh look at the history, romance and politics of clotheslines.

“A unique handbook of some of the lost arts of our foremothers...”
San Francisco Chronicle
Portable Houses
Creative ways to build and adapt homes that aren’t confined to one geographical location.

“Attractive book... ”
Publishers Weekly