LONGMONT, Colo.—The cream-colored quilt covered in colorful lilies was so beloved that the family folded it into a wooden box and buried it in their backyard to spare it from falling into enemy hands.

SHELBY COUNTY, Alabama-- Columbiana's Agnes Pool spent the better part of a year gathering information about close to 30 quilts left by her aunt Lilian Natie Juzan for a book that documents their ...

ASHLAND -- Because paper then was so fragile, Elizabeth Roseberry Mitchell began a graveyard quilt top of the cemetery in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, where two of her sons were buried. It was the ...

Quilting fans at the Sherburne History Center helped create latest exhibit, 'A Stitch in Time' About 15 quilts are part of exhibit; all are on loan from Sherburne County residents The exhibit also ...

Oregon has a rich quilt history. From my study for the book, "Quilts of the Oregon Trail," I searched for quilts and their makers made during 1840-1900. More about quilts Members of the . Tickets are ...

Black people have traditionally used quilts to tell their stories. Harriett Powers, for example, born into slavery in 1837, created the much-lauded “Bible Quilt” that hangs in the National Museum of ...

What started out as a sketch on a napkin one night at dinner has now been crafted to display Madison County’s Civil War history at the Pleasant View Home at Battlefield Park. About a year ago during a ...

Olivia Joseph can spot the stories in the stitches in their work as a quilt research fellow for the Mingei International Museum at Balboa Park. The fabrics, the patterns, the designs all reveal ...

History is kept alive in many ways—through historical novels, ballads, folklore passed down through the generations. For one group of Arlington seniors, local history of the now closed Lee Center is ...

The Columbia Pierians, an organization of African-American women dedicated to supporting the arts, are about 30 members strong, each with her own artistic interests — painting, music, dance, among ...