Sewn from bits and pieces of long-forgotten party dresses or Grandpa`s gaudy ties, quilts are a true slice of Americana, bringing to mind thoughts of home and hearth. They adorn the guestroom bed or ...
If you look closely, you can see the unfolding story of a well-to-do St. Paul, Minn., family stitched into the pieces of an elaborate Victorian crazy quilt, which dates to the 1890s. It tells of the ...
Dressmaker Fannie Parlee couldn't have known, as she stitched a richly textured quilt, that she was piecing together fragments of Canada's history. Parlee lived in New Brunswick and saved silk and ...
Crafters know those pesky fabric scraps can overtake a project space in no time, but rather than brush hers into the trash can, BJ Sandusky stitches them into custom quilts that are winning her ...
At last week’s Lancaster-Lebanon Quilt Show, Wayne Kern carried two family heirloom quilts past the art quilts, the quilted sneaker kits and the $10,000 sewing machines. One quilt was lightweight, ...