Quilts are indeed far more than cloth and thread. Made from scraps of old dresses, burlap sacks, work clothes, and dishcloths ...

According to three experts I spoke with, quilts remain one of the best bedding options for many sleepers. Quilting is a timeless art form and one of the oldest blanket-making techniques ...

contains both quilts made for functional, utilitarian purposes as bedding, and others made mainly for decorative purposes. The parlor throws or crazy quilts of the latter part of the 19th century, as ...

Before testing backpacking quilts, I didn’t understand what the hype was about. Anytime someone mentioned one, I always thought, “Can’t I just use a sleeping bag? What’s the difference?” ...

Quilting is a very precise and sophisticated art ... that doesn’t mean that any more need to be created. People have crazy ideas all the time, but we haven’t seen something this wild in a while. Baby ...

PEQUOT LAKES — Roughly 20 women from area churches joined together to create quilts for a worthy cause. The quilters gathered ...

Now, Bivens is working on a quilt to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday — semiquincentennial, it’s called. The quilt, which will probably be queen-sized, is called “Ties into History.” She’ll be ...

Deborah Burkett, who is known by many in Cherokee County either for her dedication to preserving history, teaching others how to properly clean headstones or for her love of quilts, has recently ...

On a map, the 24 contiguous municipalities just northwest of St. Louis resemble nothing more than a crazy quilt. And for decades ... Here, they discuss ideas on how to improve the tribe’s ...

For some historians, this allergy reflects their having been too much influenced by out-of-date, and always absurd, Marxist claims that ideas are ... produced by the crazy quilt of ethnic ...

"Quilt": A cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton or other substance between two cloths and sewing them together. An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, LL.D., New ...