Every person aged 13 and up who enters the Scandinavian Folk Festival will receive a ticket to sign up for the door prize.

Jonas Hassen Khemiri, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker and other outlets, is the author of six ...

CHILLICOTHE — For thousands of years, civilizations have made quilts to stay warm and tell stories. The art form can be found in many houses and is now on display at the Northside Branch of the ...

A Tompkinsville mother and son’s love of quilting is gaining them some posthumous recognition. Betty Birge and David Ray Birge made over 100 quilts together, with some being donated to museums ...

Nationally, Quilts of Valor volunteers have been stitching together unique works of fabric art since 2003, and the local group — Cedar Valley Quilts of Valor — has been making and presenting ...

DUNCANSVILLE — Stitched with reverence, care and a lot of love, the Patriotic Piecemakers of Pennsylvania have presented about 300 red, white and blue Quilts of Valor to area veterans during the ...

And quilt groups bring a social element to the hobby. The 2024 Quilter’s Survey estimates there are 9 million to 11 million active participants in the U.S., according to the Craft Industry Alliance.

At the Denver-area quilt-in, Marriott's iron hissed as she glided it over each cut piece of fabric, readying it for participants like sisters Kate Waters, 56, and Carol Summers, 52.

"This group has made 175 quilts this year," said group spokeswoman Kathy Rebich. "along with other school, and health kits that we give to the needy. Also we have made baby care kits with diapers ...

Millfest is going on from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 3 at the Lindsborg Old Mill and Swedish Heritage Museum, 120 Mill St., with a few new additions to the fun.

And the red Swedish quilt Vollnogle loves was taken halfway across the country by a Quaker family that settled at Palmer in Merrick County.

The Paul Family Quilt (1830-35), on display in "Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories," was made for a four-poster bed. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In 1812, Catherine Paul moved from ...