The theme of the 2023 West Virginia Quilt Festival is “Celebrating Christmas” and many of the pieces shown will reflect that theme. Bears in the Smokies by Sheryl Carpenter, Mineral Wells, WV ...

One year ago today, Mary Buvia of Greenwood, Ind., put the final stitch in her Christmas quilt titled "The Loading Dock." That day was a 14-hour marathon session, she says.