Quilting

A Catalog of Quilts

Kyra E. Hicks | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Quilting, African American Quilts, Art Quilts, Quilt Catalog, Quilts, Quilt Catalogs, Arts News
Kyra E. Hicks

"I advise anyone considering making a catalog to go for it. 'Nothing beats the heck out of a failure, but a try.' It costs nothing to try it. I'd say make sure you take quality pictures of your work."

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'Stitched' Brings Controversial Quilting Legends Together

Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Jena Moreno, Video, Houston, International Quilt Festival, Hollis Chatelain, Stitched, Jenalia Moreno, Quilting, Caryl Bryer Fallert, Randall Cook, Arts News

"Behind every stitch, there is a story..." In Jena Moreno's new documentary, Stitched, we get an insider's view into the weird and wild world of......

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What Making 100 Quilts in One Year For Lutheran World Relief Taught my Church Group

Joan Brunwasser | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Women, Quilting, Evanston, Lutheran Church, Third World, Social Activism, Interview, Lutheran World Relief, Women News
Joan Brunwasser

I have been attending the evening quilting sessions at our church for almost two decades. In the early years, we might make 10 or 15 quilts a year. This year, our goal was to create 100 quilts.

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Parentless Parents: Remembering Your Dad on Father's Day

Allison Gilbert | Posted 08.19.2011

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Allison Gilbert

Father's Day can be particularly challenging if you've lost your dad. I'm a mom of two young children, and my father passed away when my son, our oldest, was just 18-months-old.

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Major Quilt Exhibit Sponsored by American Folk Art Museum Opens in NYC

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quilting, American Folk Art Museum, Joanna S. Rose, National Quilting Day, Women's History Month, New York News
Kate Kelly

At a time when women did not have the right to vote, a quilt supporting a political viewpoint was as close as women would come to being able to have a political voice.

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American Quilts as Art as Well as Documents of Politics and History

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Politcis, Quilting, America's Past, Sewing, Folk Art, Good Causes, Elizabeth Warren, Arts News
Kate Kelly

When we think of quilts, we tend to think of women making them from scraps of material to keep their families warm in drafty houses. The introduction of quilts to this country was actually quite different from this impression.

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