Quilts are as American as apple pie, but these traditional bedcovers are often overlooked by the general public. Typically considered a craft, the art world has only recently begun to give quilting ...

What do you do? “I make T-shirt, memory, baby, Christmas, any type of quilt for any occasion,” Tracy Husch-Lissak said. What is quilting? “It’s three layers of fabric. The backing, the batting and the ...

If the African American tradition of quilting has begun to find its place in the contemporary art world, it’s thanks in no small part to Carolyn Mazloomi, a self-taught quilter who has been a champion ...

Four Centuries of Quits by Linda Baumgarten and Kimberly Smith Ivey (Image courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Association with Yale University Press) Does quilting count as art? In Four ...

The Schweinfurth Art Center's annual "Quilts=Art=Quilts" show showcases the best of contemporary quilt-making. This year, a companion exhibit will showcase what came earlier. While "Quilts=Art=Quilts" ...

Loved for their beauty, appreciated for the industry behind their making, and cherished as links to the past, some 1,000 people passed in and out of a recent three-day quilt show in Abita Springs to ...

The East LA Stitchers will surprise more than 100 students with a warm keepsake “It’s a surprise for some resilient students,” said 74-year-old Hernandez. It’s a project dear to her, as a former ...

Quilts, says Wanda Eash, "are a language of love." "They represent comfort and warmth. They connect people across the generations, along with the memories of the people who made them." But ...

PADUCAH, Ky. -- These are not your grandmother's quilts. The dazzling images at the National Quilt Museum are all contemporary works of art painstakingly created from cloth. Located in Paducah, 320 ...

LEWISBURG — The Samek Art Museum at Bucknell University will display its latest exhibit, "Star Gazing: Pennsylvania Quilts Revisited," at the Samek's Downtown location at 416 Market St., Lewisburg, ...

Green has been Ben Millett's favorite color since childhood. It appears on him in vibrant pops, from his wire-frame glasses to his fading fingernail polish and bright neon sneakers. It also shows up ...