Two custom quilts that Janice is working on now are an I-Spy quilt as a birthday present for a little girl and a king-sized quilt for a wedding gift. “I’m also designing a few patterns based off ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Quilted in Topeka, Indiana, in the ...
Gwen Johnson’s latest quilt starts with an eight-point star in brown, slate blue and a neutral pastel. Triangles come next and to finish, she surrounds the block with a frame of blue and brown.
Two historians say African American slaves may have used a quilt code to navigate the Underground Railroad. Quilts with patterns named "wagon wheel," "tumbling blocks," and "bear's paw" appear to have ...
Over the years, museums have discovered that most visitors pay scant attention to the text in the exhibit labels. Sometimes that means that museumgoers miss the best stories. But sometimes the labels ...
As searches for quilting patterns surge and Covid quilt-alongs explode online, newcomers to the hobby are channelling a centuries-old Irish tradition: quilting for human connection. When Sarah Harris ...