After winning a $2 prize at a country fair during the Civil War, an extraordinary quilt vanished from sight. It remained mostly forgotten until the 1990s, when modern quilters rediscovered the unique ...

I grew up surrounded by quilts. My grandmother has been quilting since the 1950s, and while my experience is far less than hers, it's a hobby I dove head-first into during the throes of the Covid ...

Explore the creative practice of Amish quilters in the United States. Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish Women looks beyond quilting as a utilitarian practice. It reveals historical quilting ...

Celebrating National Quilting Day with a gift of Amish quilts Laura Baptiste Untitled (Old Maid's Puzzle). Holmes County, Ohio, circa 1930. This is the first quilt the Brown’s purchased, in 1976, that ...

'Barbie,' an art quilt by Bruce Seeds. An art quilt by Bruce Seeds. An art quilt by Bruce Seeds. At first glance, Bruce Seeds’ quilts look like random explosions of glorious color, the patterns seem ...

Jeffrey Brown visits a small town in Alabama whose quilts have been discovered by the art world. 80-year-old Arlonzia Pettway made her first quilt at age 13. Her first memory of a quilt goes back ...

In 1976 our 9-year-old son designed a quilt that was red, white and blue. He picked out the fabric and we cut the pieces and hand sewed them in a nine-patch pattern, which is a good beginner’s pattern ...

I work a full-time job and spend my after-work time parenting my 2-year-old daughter. I get one hour of free time between her bedtime and my own, and every night, I spend it quilting. I've been ...

Exposing a variety of expressions through their hand-crafted quilts, the work of more than 150 artists from all over the United States and Canada has been gathered at Reynoldsburg High School this ...

Two historians say African American slaves may have used a quilt code to navigate the Underground Railroad. Quilts with patterns named "wagon wheel," "tumbling blocks," and "bear's paw" appear to have ...