Learn how to make a quilt by hand for beginners. With this guide, you can avoid common mistakes and learn some beginner quilting techniques. This article honors a gift handed down to us by the pioneer ...
In a common room at Williams College, a group of students sort through fabric squares, scarlet and indigo, pine green and chocolate. In Great Barrington, fiber artist Karen Eckmeier from Kent, Conn., ...
What do you do? “I make T-shirt, memory, baby, Christmas, any type of quilt for any occasion,” Tracy Husch-Lissak said. What is quilting? “It’s three layers of fabric. The backing, the batting and the ...
“Quilting with a Modern Slant” by Rachel May is full of quilting tips and tricks, as well as ideas on how to make a quilt that builds on the aesthetics of traditional and art quilts. Quilting with a ...
Melody Johnson describes herself as an artist whose medium for the last 24 years has been quiltmaking. Johnson's quilts have been exhibited in national shows, and her major awards include a 1995 ...
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - From family heirlooms to preservers of history, quilts are a tradition made with love. Landmark Park highlighted the artistry and impact of quilt-making at its 16th annual quilt ...
What image comes to mind when thinking of someone who sews quilts? Most likely, the image is a stereotypical one of a woman, perhaps one who is grandmotherly. But that would be, well, a bit sexist.
Rennie Zulu, “Twelve Squares of Traditional Culture in South Africa" (1999) and Crossroad Quilters, “Sacred Animals II Quilt” (2000) (all images courtesy Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art) ...
For the past nine years, Molly McCarthy, fourth-grade teacher at St. Francis Xavier School in Petoskey, has taught her students how math can be applied in unexpected ways. The students in her class ...
It was a rare, quiet morning for Stephen Coulter. The 64-year-old Ramona resident can usually be found at Hidden Valley Ranch Rehabilitation Services by listening for the hums and clicks of a sewing ...