Under the Gables

Looked high and low for more quilts in paintings and did find some, particularly among Norman Rockwell's paintings, pointing to the quil...

It is September 1923, and Dabney Fairchild is marrying Troy Flavin in the Fairchild family house in Eudora Welty's Delta Wedding , first...

Flower Basket Petit Point Quilt by Grace Snyder, 1940 Grace McCance Snyder , the Nebraskan pioneer, started piecing quilts when she was only...

Thanks to Ancient Industries , I have learned of this extraordinary exhibition in New York City's Park Avenue Armory. What's showin...

Quilt--a mix of the old and the new--from the 2008 Sister Outdoor Quilt show in Oregon. The Wall Street Journal has an article on country ...

Just in the nick of time, this week I finished this hand-sewn single Irish chain quilt for a beautiful little girl who arrived yesterday. He...

In the last year I have come across two short stories about quilting: "A Jury of Her Peers," by Susan Glaspell, 1918 and "Th...

In my obsession with quilting, I have been thinking about the differences between quilting and fashion. There is no doubt that both activiti...

Carrie Severt on the porch with her wash and Star Quilt. If you are interested in quilting or in the history of quilting, I encourage you to...

Here are photos of two murals at 3922 Aspen Street in Philadelphia. Philadelphia is the mural capital of the USA. An organization called Mur...

Here is a picture of a woman in West Virginia in 1972 with the quilt she has just made. She is not a wealthy woman, as the picture indicates...

For a beautiful idea of what the feminine virtues and crafts can mean and why we need them, see this post on the SouleMama blog.