The earliest quilting was used to make bed covers: very fine quilts are often mentioned in medieval inventories and frequently became family heirlooms. Throughout their history, many superior examples ...

Olivia Joseph can spot the stories in the stitches in their work as a quilt research fellow for the Mingei International ...

the designs all reveal nuggets of information about the history, the technology, the political and social climate of the times in which they were each created. “I love how the fabrics in quilts ...

From luxurious 17th-century courtly robes to a quilt stitched by 21st-century prison inmates, the V&A holds a rich variety of objects created through quilting and patchwork – two distinct but ...

Hannah sailed to America in 1854 with this quilt. It was brought back home by her descendants about twenty years agoThis is the oldest surviving North Country example of a traditional strippy quilt.

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - From family heirlooms to preservers of history, quilts are a tradition made with love. Landmark Park ...

LAC LA BICHE - For centuries, Canadians have endured the country’s long, cold and snowy winters by using blankets, quilts and ...

Fiber artist “Sunshine” Joe Mallard grew up watching his great-great-grandmother quilt. Now a quilt of his own is part of the permanent collection at the Obama Presidential Center Museum.

In response to the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, Wrap the World with Quilts has mobilized to deliver urgently needed aid.

See inspiring quilt artists at work in their studios. Discover how the boundaries of traditional American quilt making have expanded to an art form that now adorns the walls of exhibit halls and ...