The marvel of quilting is the creation of myriad patterns using the humblest of materials: fabric, thread and batting. The result can be a utilitarian bed covering or an astonishing work of art.

When Jane Stickle sewed the final stitches into her quilt, she must have been well pleased with her handiwork. She had good reason to be. She had just completed what is still hailed, a century and a ...

Twice a month, in a capacious community room in Albany, members of the East Bay Heritage Quilters Guild meet to work, talk and share a potluck meal. The quilters range from relative newcomers to ...

An unexpected craft takes center stage in computer science Ph.D. candidate Mackenzie Leake’s M.S. ’20 Ph.D. ’21 doctoral dissertation: quilting. Foundation paper piecing quilting — popular in the ...

It all started a decade ago, when Judi Wortham-Sauls brought her quilts to Ray of Hope Community Church in East Nashville. “We ended the service, and a number of us stood around ooh-ing and ah-ing, ...