LIVINGSTON — A group of quilting enthusiasts gathered at the Livingston Parish Library Thursday to learn about the age-old art of quilt making. The dozen women, led by Becky Guillot, president of the ...
What started out as a sketch on a napkin one night at dinner has now been crafted to display Madison County’s Civil War history at the Pleasant View Home at Battlefield Park. About a year ago during a ...
The eclectic threads of An Ecology of Quilts merge to tell a story that starts outdoors, with seeds sprouting, blooming, and reaching toward the sun. Dyestuff samples and natural dye fabric swatches ...
What do you think of when you see a quilt? A practical object? A work of art? A treasured family heirloom? Quilts, more so than many objects, have managed to bring all of these identities together.
ROCKFORD -- The history of quilting in African American culture is often overlooked. The powerful works of art tell the stories of slavery, freedom, and family. "Each block is unique within itself. If ...
LIHU‘E — Dozens of vibrant quilts line the walls of the second-story Waimakua Gallery at the Kaua‘i Museum — a tribute to the rich history of Hawaiian quilting. There had been 13 traffic fatalities in ...
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" ...
The definition of a quilt according to Random House Dictionary is two pieces of fabric layered with a stuffing or batting in between and sewn together. That’s hardly an accurate description of a quilt ...
GHENT, WV (WVNS) — Quilting has been part of life in West Virginia for generations, shaped by the mountains and the practical needs of the people who lived there. Early settlers made quilts mainly to ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — While cotton and wool were not available in Hawaiʻi until after European explorers began engaging the islands in the late 1700s and early 1800s, kānaka throughout the islands ...
From the ridiculously snug (and second-hand) patchwork number A$AP Rocky famously wore to this year’s Met Gala, to the blanket on your grandma’s bed — a quilter ...
History is kept alive in many ways—through historical novels, ballads, folklore passed down through the generations. For one group of Arlington seniors, local history of the now closed Lee Center is ...