In the Heart of a Quilt

“It’s not about patience, or the patterns she’s learned| It’s not for the ribbons or the money she’s earned| Her heart is so full, it spills out through her fingers| Right into each quilt that she sews| In the heart of a quilt, she’s home.
- from ‘In the Heart of a [...]

‘The Ozarks Quilt’ Collaboration

Designed by Lily Kern, made by members of the Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Springfield, Missouri, and quilted by Peggy White, The Ozarks Quilt received a second place at the Internatonal Quilt Festival in Houston, 1999, was exhibited at Paducah, and again received a 2nd place ribbon at the National Quilt Association show in Tulsa in [...]

Quilt Artist: Verna Mosquera, The Vintage Spool

Verna Mosquera is Owner/Designer of The Vintage Spool.
Her quilting artist statement:
As a first generation quilter, the art of making quilts is relatively new to me. With a strong background in art, and having sewn since childhood, quilt making always intrigued me. I was able to take my first class at my local quilt shop in [...]

Crafter’s Manifesto

Ulla-Maaria Mutanen, a Ph.D. student at the University of Helsinki in Finland, has been thinking about why we enjoy making things. Click the title to read her complete 10 point Crafter’s Manifesto….1. People get satisfaction for being able to create/craft things because they can see themselves in the objects they make. This is not possible in purchased products….

2. The things that people have made themselves have magic powers. They have hidden meanings that other people can’t see.

Color Facts For Quilters by Lily Kerns

Summary of Color Facts for quilters: 4 Ways of Describing Color, Using A Color Wheel, Using Colors Together, and Three “Rules” to Remember.

“Safe As Houses” Quilt Story

By Sharon Boggon
I live in Canberra Australia in one of the suburbs that was hit by the firestorm on January 18 2003. This was a small crazy quilt I made in response to the fires.
The quilt is divided into 4 strips. Starting left to right, the first represents the day of the fires, the [...]

Quilt Care in a Nutshell

The following tips are offered by Patricia Cummings, author of Straight Talk about Quilt Care: Display, Cleaning, and Storage of New and Antique Quilts and Needlework, Quilter’s Muse Publications
. Remember that quilts like the same environment as humans. Do not store quilts in unheated areas, in plastic bags, or in high humidity. Attics, garages, [...]

Art, Culture, Environment, and Technology revealed at the new International Quilt Study Center

[excerpt]The new three-story, 36,000 square foot, International Quilt Study Center opens Sunday, March 30, 2008 at the East Campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NB. The new facility will house the world’s largest collection of more than 2,300 quilts and an international study center dedicated to the research, preservation and display of important quilts from cultures around the world.

In addition to the Ardis and Robert James Collection of antique and contemporary studio art quilts, the collection also includes the Cargo Collection of African American Quilts, and the Jonathan Holstein Collection, which includes the seminal Whitney Collection and an unparalleled group of Pennsylvania Amish quilts.

African American Quilts Are A Great Investment in Art

By Sarah H
Perhaps one of the greatest skills of African Americans before they were liberated from their shackles of slavery was the art of textile weaving. However, this was an ability that was not well known as historians lent their focus to their languages, practices and religious beliefs. Initially men would uphold the tradition of [...]