Quilting

A handmade quilt adds personality and warmth to any guest bedroom. No matter the size of the bed, you can create a lovely quilt to welcome your guests. Quilt batting comes in basic sizes to fit...

Quilt shows provide a cultural experience to a community, as quilters share their art with each other and their fellow citizens. Quilts also can document a community's social or political history....

Antique quilts come in all shapes, sizes, and unfortunately, conditions. The goal of good quilt restoration is to stabilize the quilt, lengthen its life and create a more beautiful expression of...

This type of quilt is unique and very personal. A good time to begin working on one is about 1 year before your town has a bicentennial or other major event. Usually, communities come together in...

The Sunburst Quilt design is essentially one large block that creates an all-over starburst pattern. The design is one of the more difficult patterns in the "compass and wheel" family as it is...

You can buy quilts from the inexpensive to the downright luxurious, but if you don't want to bother shopping, you can make your own. You can fashion a quilt from a variety of materials, including...

The Drunkard's Path quilt pattern is said to have played a significant role in the Underground Railroad. The quilts were hung on a clothesline or over a porch railing to convey hidden messages....

A Grandmother's Garden quilt is a work of art and a precious and treasured possession. These quilts are quite rare because of the time and hand sewing it takes to create them.I am not including...

Quilting is a symbol of tradition that is woven with love. Immortalized in history and even modern-day films, such as "How To Make An American Quilt," making a quilt is a sentimental journey.

Watercolor quilts are small squares in colorful shades or strips of fabric that are sewn together to create a beautiful design for you to enjoy. Pull together a variety of floral patterns that...

A double wedding ring quilt is challenging even for experienced quilters. When finished, this quilt appears to have two layers of interlocking wedding rings that intersect and overlap one another....

Quilt making has been around for generations. Maybe you remember a handmade quilt from your childhood. Maybe someone gave you one as a gift and now you want to make your own quilt. Quilts not only...