NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Sandy Curran had been making traditional quilts for several years when she stumbled across an image that knocked her off course. Day after day in early 2003, the Newport News, Va.
ith grape-stained fingers, Kim Shearrow dunks facial tissues in a bowl of purple Kool-Aid, then spreads the squares to dry. (She tested six brands of facial tissue before finding one that wouldn't ...
Discussion at the Gadsden Public Library’s third Black History Month event on Thursday centered around the Underground Railroad and the use of unique quilt patterns as a means of communication between ...
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40+ Jelly Roll Quilt Patterns

Today I'm sharing a bunch of quilt patterns that you can make with a jelly roll. What's a jelly roll? They are long strips of ...
San Francisco-born artist Kaffee Fassett seems an unlikely guy to be teaching American women how to design quilts. First off, he's a guy, but one with a very unusual background, which probably ...
"Quilts," says Wanda Eash, "are a language of love." "They represent comfort and warmth. They connect people across the generations, along with the memories of the people who made them." But ...
Handstitched quilt featuring a patchwork of different fabrics and patterns. - Harshal Sathe/Shutterstock Upcycling and finding different, unexpected uses for a piece you love but don't necessarily ...