Lord's autograph quilt Photo courtesy American History Museum As part of the ongoing 150th anniversary of the Civil War at the Smithsonian Institution, the Around the Mall team will be reporting ...

A famous quilt made to teach Black history and shown around the country during the 1976 United States Bicentennial celebration was stolen from the lobby of the Oregon Historical Society in ...

Quilts are not just for bundling up and keeping warm. They are considered works of art at the National Quilt Museum. There, you won't find any paintings or sculptures—only walls and walls of ...

It was quilts stitched, in part, from swatches of clothing that were outdated and outgrown. It was two women from Gee's Bend, a southwest Alabama community famous for quilting, at a bookstore in ...

Amazing stories are wrapped up in Gee's Bend quilts. Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close. Quick Look- ... Several of the famous quilts have sold for more than $20,000.

When the exhibition “Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories” debuted at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston a year ago, its mission was clear: “to upend the notion of what a quilt is.” That ...

Gone are the days when homespun pieces — whether quilted, woven, hand-stitched or crocheted — were confined to quaint or countrified interiors. Macrame has experienced a modern revival;… ...

Like the 8-year-old heroine in her most famous quilt, "Tar Beach," she dreams big. Skip to main content Spokane, Washington Est. May 19, 1883 ... Queen of quilts ...

She has created commissioned works, including for the famous quilt artist Carolyn Mazloomi, a friend. Kramer’s quilt, “Jazz Pizzazz” toured Costa Rica in a Mazloomi show, then was bought by a donor ...

A Facebook post by the City of Ames went viral over the weekend as the organizers of Rummage RAMPage — and hundreds of social media users — tried to reunite a beloved quilt with its owner.. Dawn ...