For hundreds of years, women all over this planet have been sewing quilts to keep their family members warm. And for all of these centuries, women had to do all the work "by hand" ... For hundreds of ...

Stanford University computer science graduate student Mackenzie Leake has been quilting since age 10, but she never imagined the craft would be the focus of her doctoral dissertation. Included in that ...

When an exhibition of minimalist, hand-stitched quilts from Gee’s Bend, Ala., went on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2002, the collection of 60 quilts by former slaves and their ...

May, a founder of the Boston Modern Quilt Guild, has created an encyclopedia of modern quilting. So-called “modern” quilting labels the latest category of quilting, following “traditional” and “art.” ...

Hillary Griffin, center, learns to sew a standard quilt block called "orange peels" from Valerie Luberecki during a meeting of the Modern Quilt Guild in Raleigh. Liz Condo newsobserver.com Since the ...

Today's quilters aren't afraid to think outside the boxes of their grandmothers' designs. Forget about muted pastels and dainty calico prints. Instead, modern quilters go big and they go bold. This ...

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Modern quilting is defined by its fabrics. Unless it’s defined by its colors. And, that is, if it isn’t defined by its patterns. You can ask four quilters and get four different definitions. But ...

A quilting revival is afoot. This isn't news to the 500 members of the Austin-Area Quilt Guild, who are putting on their biennial Capital of Texas QuiltFest this weekend. Nor to the 1,000 quilt fans ...