The Yom Hazikaron siren sounds, and, like the seams of a patchwork quilt that have suddenly come together, a people stands united, heads bowed, remembering. We remember the sons and daughters who lost ...
PHILADELPHIA — Until I visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art last month, I’d never heard of Gee’s Bend quilts, which Black women in Gee’s Bend, Alabama, started stitching in the 1800s. I’m hazy about ...
Although there has been much interest in recently made patchwork quilts, it is the antique examples that capture collectors. Some old quilts have more than a pattern; they also have a history, as ...
A patchwork quilt covering a bed in a country B&B or hanging on a museum wall evokes nostalgia for simpler times. Using simple shapes—triangles, squares, trapezoids, octagons—and the clever ...
Learn techniques to transform fabric strips into beautiful quilts to decorate your home. Variegated fabrics and simple-to-stitch fabric strips known as strata, give these quilt designs great visual ...
Tanu Patel (left) and members of the Sewcialise group are the new custodians of the historic quilts which were handed over by Norah McWilliam (right) When two black bin bags arrived at a community ...
Drive down Mumbai’s thoroughfares, the ones hemmed in by tin shanties and makeshift homes and chances are you’ll spot an intricately hand stitched quilt hung out to air on a rickety balcony or a road ...
Quilts keep us more than just warm; they convey stories of family and cultural heritage. Quilts keep us more than just warm on cool nights; they convey stories of family and cultural heritage.
From Paris to Los Angeles, patchwork has become a style craze. By Melanie Abrams When ASAP Rocky stole the style spotlight at the 2021 Met Gala in a multicolored patchwork cape by Eli Russell Linnetz ...
Vintage linens, tablecloths, and quilts that once felt purely sentimental are now documented as serious money-makers, with certain handmade and historic pieces appraising for hundreds or even ...