Warm Quilts

Labor Day, the end of summer (sigh!) and the recent full moon; I was hoping for a gigantic harvest moon and a few short weeks of...

Love it! Make it! Designed by Stacey Day, the quilt was touted as "a visual journey of creative projects to download for instant...

The Japanese have a term, kenzoku, which translated literally means "family." The connotation suggests a bond between people who've made...

I ran across this inspiring story last week of Sarah Yerkes, and read with fascination that " . . . age hasn’t limited Sarah. When you...

From THE MET: "In 1856, a seventeen-year-old girl from Rhode Island embarked on a unique and brilliant quiltmaking project. The girl’s...

These treasured cross-stitched samplers, long ago displayed in someone's home, are now for sale at a local antique depot. How special...

This flash mob gave grocery shoppers a happy, star-spangled surprise: "A Patriotic Melody" by GENTRI - The Gentlemen Trio: Watch 2019...

From the National Day Calendar: National Camera Day is observed each year on June 29th. This day commemorates photographs, the camera,...

Today is National Typewriter Day. If you are in your fifth decade of life, or older, chances are you learned to type on a manual...

As you contemplate where summer travels will take you this year, you never know where you may find sewing and quilting public art...

While salvaging her family home after the devastation of Hurricane Sandy in the fall of 2012, artist Laura Petrovich-Cheney collected the...

During a recent creative writing class, each day we spent time on a Five-Minute Free Write. To help keep the creative energy flowing, we...

These vintage images are compliments of Amy Barickman. Posted on her Free Image Friday blog, she asks that we "be sure to tag me on...

NATIONAL QUILTING MONTH PHOTO CHALLENGE / #IGQuiltFest: What are you doing for National Quilt Month? Are you following the photo...

NATIONAL QUILTING MONTH PHOTO CHALLENGE / #IGQuiltFest: What are you doing for National Quilt Month? Are you following the photo...

NATIONAL QUILTING MONTH PHOTO CHALLENGE / #IGQuiltFest: What are you doing for National Quilt Month? Are you following the photo...

NATIONAL QUILTING MONTH PHOTO CHALLENGE / #IGQuiltFest: Are you following the photo challenge, hosted by Amy Ellis...

March is National Quilt Month. Here is a fun photo challenge, hosted by Amy Ellis (AmysCreativeSide.com), and posted to Instagram. From...

Reading through the Empty Spools Seminars Catalogue for 2019 Quilt-Making Workshops, I spotted the most colorful quilt. The appliqué was...

National Portrait Gallery | Slow Looking encourages visitors to slow down and look at a single artwork in the Portrait Gallery's...