People continue to treasure quilting for its historical importance. With gorgeous patterns and fabrics that tell stories, old quilts are imbued with a special, timeless quality. These qualities are ...

The basket of ancient fabric scraps sat tucked away beside the box of quilt patterns torn decades ago from the pages of a newspaper. I do make quilts, so I politely accepted both from non-quilters who ...

Whether you want a vintage style or something newly made, these five brands offer some of the best quilts on the market ...

Aurora Milstein of Quilts & Clogs found a new love for sewing by giving discarded textiles a fresh, fashionable life.

Don Harris, Hendersonville, NC resident and first-time author, tells the story of an Appalachian Mountain family, their survival of the Historic Flood of 1916 and what life was like at that time in ...

Kathryn Mooney Wall is a sprightly 94 years old and a treasure trove of history. In her Shelby home off Grover Street, she has a photo sitting on the dresser in her bedroom of her as a small child ...

A little over a year ago, Maine College of Art & Design student Olivia Van Oot had the idea to translate the pieced quilts she’d been making with friends into wood. Today, her wood-veneer works ...

Quilting has provided material for collectors for hundreds, if not thousands of years. So what is a quilt? A "summer quilt" or lightweight, has a quilt top with a backing, but lacks the middle layer.

In Lancaster County, a quilt with radiating circles of colorful squares isn’t a Trip Around the World, it’s a Sunshine and Shadows. That’s the name common among Amish quilters. This type of quilt, ...

Spend enough time driving and you’ll start to question the roadside fixtures you take for granted. After figuring out the purpose behind the brightly colored balls on power lines and the metal stars ...