A friendship quilt is like a well-autographed yearbook that keeps you warm. To add something personal, a quiltmaker sends fabric swatches to friends to sign and then sews the patches into the quilt’s ...

Jane Crutchfield is pictured with the red and white signature quilt she has been researching since she traveled to Stamford in March of 2013. It has led her to the Olmstead family and uncovered a ...

In the 1840s, the idea of friendship quilts, also known as signature or autograph quilts, started. These types of quilts came in and out of fashion but, in general, were given as gifts to friends who ...

In the fast pace of today's world, the image of young women gathered together in a quilting bee, skillfully stitching a quilt for a bride-to-be is a wonder to contemplate. But there is more than ...

I work a full-time job and spend my after-work time parenting my 2-year-old daughter. I get one hour of free time between her bedtime and my own, and every night, I spend it quilting. I've been ...

As searches for quilting patterns surge and Covid quilt-alongs explode online, newcomers to the hobby are channelling a centuries-old Irish tradition: quilting for human connection. When Sarah Harris ...