Were rag rugs made of wool strips first made in Canada 150 years ago to cover dirt floors? ... • Applique quilt, five pots of red poinsettias, white background, 81 1/4 x 67 1/4 inches, $180 ...

AKRON, Ohio — Since slavery days, generations of women in tiny Gee’s Bend, Ala., have stitched the flavor of their isolated community into quilts remarkable for their bold, improvisatio… ...