Learn how to make a quilt by hand for beginners. With this guide, you can avoid common mistakes and learn some beginner quilting techniques. This article honors a gift handed down to us by the pioneer ...

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 ...

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., ...

Melody Johnson describes herself as an artist whose medium for the last 24 years has been quiltmaking. Johnson's quilts have been exhibited in national shows, and her major awards include a 1995 ...

Two African American quilt makers, China and Mary Ann Pettway, from Gee's Bend, Alabama, speak of growing up during the Civil ...

“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 ...

Rennie Zulu, “Twelve Squares of Traditional Culture in South Africa" (1999) and Crossroad Quilters, “Sacred Animals II Quilt” (2000) (all images courtesy Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art) ...

To Robyn House-Guettler, a quilt is more than a blanket. Many of the Bay City resident's creations have stories behind them. There's the lap quilt she made for her husband, Mike Guettler, which warms ...

The North Star Quilt Guild in Lake City is making one-of-a-kind creations for our veterans. The women have made 51 lap quilts for veterans on an upcoming Mid-Michigan Honor Flight. Each quilt is ...