Everyone in the room wore white linen gloves lest the oils from their hands change history. In the world of centuries old hand made quilts small things make a big difference. Purple fades to brown ...

In our second article on quilting in Rutherford County, we continue our journey into the eyes and hearts of our pioneering designers. The Latin term for quilt is “stuffed sack.” The earliest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GOSHEN — A simple trade that transpired 50 years ago unwittingly has helped to preserve a slice of Elkhart-LaGrange county history ...

There's something so familiar about a simple quilt. Just its presence on a bed can make a room look inviting and homey. But quilts are not just bed coverings. And they're far from simple. They are ...

Cuesta Benberry, 83, who as one of the nation’s foremost quilt scholars pieced together the history of the art from castoff patches of information, died of congestive heart failure Aug. 23 at Forest ...

Dorothy Talavera of Delanco, N.J., can stand over any one of her dozens of quilts and tell you when it was made, who made it and the history behind its design. Just like in a photograph, Talavera says ...

The quilter's fabric is soft, her stitches shine with golden thread and the setting for seeing her handiwork is the stillness of a church. Yet, viewers can't help but be jarred because, attached to ...

MT. ULLA — From its shape to the colors composing each element, every part of the Graham family’s newly installed barn quilt contains special significance. Curtis Graham Jr., the family historian, ...

PRAIRIE GROVE -- A collaboration between history, art and a local quilting shop recently provided Prairie Grove Junior High students hands-on learning as they did a "deep dive into the quilt codes" ...

A quilt that will be raffled off Wednesday in Springfield pays tribute to the area’s history, one stitch at a time. The quilt, embroidered by community members of the Springfield area, features animal ...