Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer When Marie Con-over was a young girl, her family moved to Pocahontas County from Scotland. Her ...
The art of quilting demands accuracy, forbearance, and the appropriate equipment, including thread for machine quilting. The thread you select significantly influences the quality of the finished ...
Marilyn Russell unfurls a quilt at Tommaney Hall at Haskell Indian Nations University. Haskell is opening Native Growing up on the Sicangu Lakota reservation at Rosebud, S.D., Marilyn Thunder Hawk ...
Each of the 39 art quilts in the “Sacred Threads” exhibit at the Sunderland Gallery behind St. Cecilia Cathedral has a story to tell, and docents are eager to share them. The quilts Jennifer Day makes ...
NORMAL — A lot can change in five years. McLean County crafters who began spinning threads for a community quilt project in 2019 are looking to restore their collaborative efforts action this spring ...
KEARNEY — Sandi McMillan looks backward through time for her inspiration. “Most of my quilts are based off of traditional quilts,” said the award-winning quilter. “I usually take an antique quilt that ...
Old-fashioned quilting bees — social gatherings where individuals come together to sew quilts — date back centuries, and were as much about the connection between the people as finishing any ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thousands of quilters from across the world are expected in Austin over the next few days to celebrate their contributions to a centuries-old tradition. QuiltCon 2020, the annual event ...