January’s History Café featured English paper piecing quilting and was taught by special guest speaker, Patti Fix. Fix showed some of her own work and directed attendees in learning this unique way of ...

Modern American women may be quilting more out of passion than necessity, but they are doing it in a big way. This household craft, which traveled with early settlers to the U.S. and was developed in ...

Pieced quilts refer to quilts that have a top layer made of many small pieces of fabric that have been sewn together to create a design. By the middle of the 19th century, standardized quilt patterns ...

When Jane Stickle sewed the final stitches into her quilt, she must have been well pleased with her handiwork. She had good reason to be. She had just completed what is still hailed, a century and a ...

"Quilting has this rich tradition and people make these very personal, cherished heirlooms but paper piece quilting often requires that people work from patterns that other people designed," said ...

“You’ll see their heart in their work; other groups may have more experience and more opportunities and higher education, but with these women the difference comes from inside,” said Carolyn Underwood ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This pieced wool quilt is actually an ...