Having met the little-known people behind the many designs that emerge from its cities and villages, Patrick J. Finn weaves a colourful narrative Patrick J. Finn has travelled across India researching ...

Join Geeta Khandelwal for an introduction to the distinguished world of Indian textiles. As the Indian economy grows and access to saris of synthetic fabrics become more cost-effective, the survival ...

Gina Adams, “Broken Treaty Quilt: Fort Laramie” (1868) (back) (photo by Aaron Paden, all images courtesy the artist) Gina Adams, “Broken Treaty Quilt: Kiowa and Commanche” (1867) (front) (photo by ...

Drive down Mumbai’s thoroughfares, the ones hemmed in by tin shanties and makeshift homes and chances are you’ll spot an intricately hand stitched quilt hung out to air on a rickety balcony or a road ...

A quilt is an evocative study in Chaos Theory, and the Crafts Council of India is currently offering a crash course in the subject. Local history, culture and colour are sewn into each piece - some ...

"Paintings, people really don’t understand. They don’t really get paintings. Quilts they do understand because everybody has a quilt in their house," said Faith Ringgold, an American artist, known for ...

Unlike the currently trending buzz about sustainability and recycling, India has had traditions in this direction since the Indus Valley civilisation, where clothes were reused and recycled. One such ...

The National Quilt Collection at the National Museum of American History reveals how a useful practice can represent artistic, cultural, and historic storytelling. A significant number of American ...

If you’ve spent the last few summers gardening, signing up for extravagant cookery classes and yoga camps, why not try something different this year? Say, quilting? It’s an activity that can help you ...

Outside the ornate Dwarakadhish temple dedicated to Krishna in Dwarka, Saurashtra, a sign overlooks the Arabian Sea and proclaims, "From this point a direct line of sight, unbroken by land, leads to ...