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 ...
A 1911 quilt made for Anderson Alexander Petty made it into the hands of his great-granddaughter this year. Mary Catherine ...
Friendship quilts, also called autograph quilts, originated in the late 1830s. These quilts were made by women or given as ...
The featured quilter is Ellen Adams, a member of the Night Owls Quilters from the Delhi/Hamden/Walton area of Delaware County ...
For most of America’s centuries, patchwork quilts were not exhibited at museums but lovingly laid across mattresses or, in ...
The United States of America turns 250 years old in 2026, and the Museum of Science and History has a way to “tie” the past ...
Our favorite quilts and coverlets span best-selling designs, machine washable options, bold patterns ... I’ve never had to dedicate any space or time to the arduous bedding-change process ...
“Many people believe that patterns in these handmade quilts carry old codes which the slaves used to signal when it was time to leave on the Underground Railroad.” Some of the flying geese ...
A long-standing Brushy Mountain Apple Festival tradition is the friendship quilt given to the grand marshals and signed by ...
In the clip, little Devi, dressed in a white tee and blue skirt, joyfully walks and plays on the quilts made from her own cherished clothes Actress Bipasha Basu on Tuesday touched hearts with a ...
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.