Last year we did a column on kitsch crafts, and one of the featured projects was an apron made of men’s ties. We presented the apron to a friend on her birthday, and she advised us during the holiday ...

Over several weeks, she made a small quilt, three squares by two squares, with a design similar to a kite block pattern. For the pillow, she selected a dimensional bow tie block pattern.

Tootie Watford is a self-taught quilter. Her traditional and contemporary designs reflect her innate creativity and remarkable use of color and pattern. As the granddaughter of a quilter, Tootie, had ...

You have a chance to win this triple Irish chain pattern quilt called Celtic Rose at the Northwest Quilters 40th Annual Show. (Janet Eastman) More than 200 quilts of all patterns, shapes and sizes ...

“Sunshine” Joe Mallard’s hand-stitched quilts are a mix of patterns, colors, words and neck ties. “My quilts chronicle history that happens over a long period of time, while it is happening,” Mallard ...

Several handmade quilts were spread atop white folding tables at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, each waiting to be examined. Two women wearing cotton gloves hovered over them, ...