CONSHOHOCKEN >> Our ancestors made quilts to keep warm during frigid — central heat-free — temperatures. With local thermometers hitting 90-plus, keeping warm wasn’t an issue for the Conshohocken Free ...

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 ...

After learning about migrants’ struggles, Jody Ipsen felt compelled to find a way for the community to honor and never forget those who have died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The Migrant Quilt ...

A powerful exhibition of quilts memorializing migrants from Mexico and Central America who have died in the southern Arizona desert in the last 20 years is on display amid intense national debate over ...

When Gale White of East Petersburg hatched the idea to create a community-based quilt project depicting her Traditions of America neighborhood, she was hoping for seven people to help. But after she ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Rogers Park artist and activist has brought together a global community through one unfinished quilt and a hashtag: #RitasQuilt. Much of Shannon Downey's work begins at estate sales ...

Carl Klewicke, “Original Design Quilt” (Corning, New York, 1907), pieced silk, faille, taffeta, and satin, 60 x 72 1/2 inches (American Folk Art Museum purchase, photo by Gavin Ashworth) “When they’re ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Vanessa Genier, ...

Inside what initially seems like a well-appointed quilt shop with bolts of fabrics and quilt-making equipment are a few rooms devoted to the museum-quality display of quilts. It’s there that, on April ...