We've reached the final week of the Basket Patch quilt along! All the blocks have been made and it's time to put them all ...
“Quilting with a Modern Slant” by Rachel May is full of quilting tips and tricks, as well as ideas on how to make a quilt that builds on the aesthetics of traditional and art quilts. Quilting with a ...
In a common room at Williams College, a group of students sort through fabric squares, scarlet and indigo, pine green and chocolate. In Great Barrington, fiber artist Karen Eckmeier from Kent, Conn., ...
It was a foregone conclusion that Rachel D.K. Clark would make quilts. It was part of her family’s heritage. “My great-great-grandma sewed, my great-grandma sewed, my grandma sewed, and my mom sewed,” ...
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 ...
In its most basic form, a quilt is two layers of fabric stitched together, often with a layer fof fluffy insulation sandwiched in between. In practice, quilts are a thrillingly diverse category — ...