People continue to treasure quilting for its historical importance. With gorgeous patterns and fabrics that tell stories, old quilts are imbued with a special, timeless quality. These qualities are ...

The basket of ancient fabric scraps sat tucked away beside the box of quilt patterns torn decades ago from the pages of a newspaper. I do make quilts, so I politely accepted both from non-quilters who ...

Don Harris, Hendersonville, NC resident and first-time author, tells the story of an Appalachian Mountain family, their survival of the Historic Flood of 1916 and what life was like at that time in ...

And you likely already have one on hand.

A new generation is discovering what their grandparents already knew: Few objects offer the same combination of artistry, ...

You acquire a beat-up quilt at an estate sale for $5. You later learn that the names inscribed on the fabric are those of Civil War soldiers, and that the quilt itself was made during the 1890s.

The tradition of quilting is about as old as the hills. If you asked a dozen people why they do it, you would probably get a dozen different answers. In by-gone days, quilting could have belonged in ...

Time was when you could take one look at an African-American quilt and see your whole family. You saw grandpa’s necktie. You saw the baby’s old pajamas, with the faded red and blue balloons, and the ...