You name a handicraft, Ann Kraayenbrink has probably done it: knitting, crocheting, embroidery, crewel work, cross stitch, Hardanger embroidery, tole painting, ceramics, macrame, candle wicking. She’s ...

Angela Sprague Kidder of Missoula could hardly have imagined making a hand-stitched Indian star quilt for President Barack Obama, a gift for his inauguration ceremony in Washington, D.C. And the ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Books and quilts have at least three things in common. They’re colorful, often tell a story and can be an art form. They also can be comforting, especially in the hands of the Pine ...

A picture of birds drawn on a block by I. & P. Starr. (Courtesy of Judy Bauer) The journey of a historical Berks County quilt to its place of origin began nearly 20 years ago. In 2005, Judy Bauer was ...

Historians are divided on the question of whether quilts were used to signal runaway slaves during the Underground Railroad era. But the concept is intriguing. The pattern contained in a quilt hung on ...

A barn quilt made by Sandy Heyman of Burns shows the gridwork that is the backdrop to making one. Annie Calovich The Wichita Eagle Barn quilts have become a colorful addition to rural USA, crowning ...

The quilt barn at the Kutztown Folk Festival was filled with flying geese before this year’s quilt auction began, and the excitement around the main stage next door was increasing by the minute. That ...