As October begins, the items I reach for have gradually changed. I peel chestnuts, reconsider the thickness of my quilts, ...

Discover Colorado fabric shops packed with vintage finds, bold prints, clever notions, and fresh sewing inspiration.

I have made various cushion covers and smaller patchwork quilts, but I have never finished a large one.Previously, in a ...

This quilt square made by Carol and Nancy Miyagishima shows sisters separated by wartime internment camps in the United States. Photo: Chase McCleary, Rocky Mountain PBS GOLDEN, Colo. — Patrons could ...

The 'Cupola Views Pattern' based on retired NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg's experience in the International Space Station. For those of us wishing our office had an orbiting view on Earth, now we can ...

British fashion brand Lavenham launched its first official Japanese web store (https://www.lavenham.jp/) on January 14, 2021. Founded in 1969 in a small village in ...

Jane Vegas so loved making Hawaiian quilts that when she was raising her seven children, she often lost all track of time while she was sewing, sometimes quilting as many as eight hours per day.

The Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts in Cedarburg has been selected as one of only three museums in the nation to host an internationally renowned Japanese quilt exhibit.The Japanese ...

Gini Corrick's work tools look right at home in her kitchen. A slow cooker. A microwave. One of those boxy white roasters you use when you need more oven room at Thanksgiving. In these, Corrick ...

OSKALOOSA — Elke Lassiter, of Ozawkie, holds up her quilt as she explains to other members of the Kansa Prairie Quilters Club that the pattern came from a Japanese quilting book. Behind her, women sit ...

Japanese fabrics and Civil War-era quilts fascinate Nancy Long. The Willow Valley Manor resident, who turns 68 next week, discovered the allure of Asian art many years ago when she lived in Korea and ...

Japanese quilter Noriko Kido struggles to explain the differences between American and Japanese quilts. "Bee-beat," she says, but gets no reaction. She tries again, then consults the battery-operated ...