Quilters then and now benefit from doing handwork that is calming and soothing, often quilting with other people and creating ...
Most of the contributions have come to the Museum as gifts, and many of those are from the quilt-makers’ families. The collection illustrates needlework techniques, materials, fabric designs and ...
When you imagine a quilt, do you picture muted colors and evenly spaced squares of fabric? When you visit the Eugene Modern ...
In Evansville, Old National Bank Plaza is displaying over 60 quilts made by inmates at a maximum security prison. It's part ...
BURLEY, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) —A 104-year-old WWII veteran, Vaughn, received a his very own quilt from Quilts of Valor. The organization Quilts of Valor is a non-profit that makes quilts for veterans to ...
Friendship quilts ... a “pine burr” pattern of green, pinkish red, and blue printed cotton fabric. The signatures were signed in indelible ink to resist fading over time.
Walkers didn’t have to contend with rain this year, ...
I experience the best feeling when I get to see someone open a gift of a quilt that I made. It takes a long time to make a quilt and it’s gratifying to see the joy my gift gave someone.
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Generations of quilting are paying off, as a 91-year-old quilter and her daughter ... you’re thinking about that person the entire time that you’re making it.” ...
If nothing else, the thoughtful curation of the many colors, makers, fabrics, patterns and stitching might tempt you to pull out that old quilt Grandma ... Admission is free, but donations are ...
The 78-year-old ... quilt takes anywhere from one to seven months to make, depending on the size and intricacy of the designs. Yap said she sews the designs by hand, which was why the process is ...
Pieces of a quilt block pattern series, printed in The Oregonian ... “Many of the fabrics of the time were light and cheerful, and if you could not afford to buy new fabrics you could cut ...