Fiber artist Irene Roderick, who has two art quilts in Schweinfurth Art Center’s “Quilts=Art=Quilts 2022″ exhibition, created a series of “Guardian” quilts to keep her company during the years of ...
Self-taught Deborah Schwartzman’s early quilts were full-size and functional. Later, she began to use the quilt as a medium for self expression. Her quilts have traveled to exhibits throughout the ...
The world-renowned Gee's Bend quilters recently held a Spring Yard Show, sharing their art and family history.
Four Centuries of Quits by Linda Baumgarten and Kimberly Smith Ivey (Image courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Association with Yale University Press) Does quilting count as art? In Four ...
"I can't draw, but I can with the (sewing) machine. I can't draw, but I can cut out any shape," said Joan Moreau, referring to her art quilt wall-hangings that were on display last week at Willow ...
From ancient Mongolian textiles to contemporary art quilts, quilting has evolved from a utilitarian craft into a vibrant medium for storytelling, heritage preservation, and cultural expression.
JACK WALSH was introduced to the world of quilts around 1990, he said, when he saw a BBC program on the subject and started collecting with the passion of the newly converted. In short order, he ...
Featured quilter Jane Burch Cochran explains why “more is more.” Watch video clip below (2:08). Quilt National has been described as the premier exhibition of contemporary art quilts in the country.
The Springville Museum of Art features quilter Carol Ford as part of the 2025 quilt show. Prior to her death, Ford participated in a variety of quilting competitions. (Melissa Een) The Springville ...
Fiber artists showing their creations in the “Beyond the Canvas” exhibit this month have found a way to express themselves as accomplished sewers and artists. The free exhibit can be seen through ...
Loved for their beauty, appreciated for the industry behind their making, and cherished as links to the past, some 1,000 people passed in and out of a recent three-day quilt show in Abita Springs to ...