I was born and raised in the Appalachian Mountains, where intricate quilts were carefully displayed at local arts fairs or familiarly folded across a friend’s family couch. I grew up hearing about ...

The Watkins Museum of History opened a new exhibition, pictured June 27, 2024, in partnership with the National African American Quilt Convention. Some family histories and community stories are ...

"Quilts and Color: The Pilgrim/Roy Collection," which opened on Tuesday in the Gund Gallery in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , is not what you might expect from a show on historical textiles. This ...

See more than 60 colorful quilts on display at Quilts on the Triangle, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday at the Triangle (4 The Crazy Quilters Guild, which meets monthly at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit ...

I grew up surrounded by quilts. My grandmother has been quilting since the 1950s, and while my experience is far less than hers, it's a hobby I dove head-first into during the throes of the Covid ...

Photo by LORETTA JACKSON Volunteers Patti Bookless, left, of Hampstead, and fellow guild member Faye Tresvik, of Amherst, prepare to greet visitors to the Amoskeag Quilters Guild biennial quilt show, ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. Lucinda Ward Honstain, resident ...

The stunning "Be-Bop's Paradise" by Patricia Alderman of Parrish earned several ribbons, including the top award of Best of Show, at the "Quilts in Paradise" show. The Friendship Knot Quilters Guild ...

Last year, Sweetums and I were on one of our road trips through rural Alabama when we spotted a See Rock City barn and stopped to take a photo. The barn next to it was picturesque also: It featured a ...