It was a quiet, sunny morning in Bay de Verde this Thanksgiving, but inside the Aucoin household, things were busy. Over 260 quilts were piled high, each created and collected by Valda Aucoin’s sewing ...
The quilt my great-grandmother made for me last Christmas — a gorgeous white-and-blue blanket with hand-embroidered flowers across the surface and detailed stitching on the backing — is one of my ...
He’s an asshole,” Harvey Fierstein says as he approaches his Gammill long-arm quilting machine, which dominates his Connecticut art studio. The industrial-size device includes a computer interface for ...
VICTORIA, Texas – In a small quilt shop in south Texas, comfort arrives by mail — one carefully stitched square at a time. The squares, called “poppy blocks” by quilters, are destined to become part ...
For Edith Edmunds, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's why she plans to be sewing on Juneteenth. "It's what I love to do," she told NPR in a phone ...
People continue to treasure quilting for its historical importance. With gorgeous patterns and fabrics that tell stories, old quilts are imbued with a special, timeless quality. These qualities are ...
Family heirlooms are the theme for this month’s column, including a fine example of an American “crazy quilt,” a porcelain night light, an Early American pattern glass carafe, an aeronautical school ...
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The video concluded with a slideshow of pictures from Donna Jordan's life. Viewers of a popular crafting YouTuber's latest vlog were left in shock when her husband interrupted the video to announce ...
A crafting influencer's husband interrupted her final YouTube tutorial to tell viewers she had died. Donna Jordan, who pulled in almost 800,000 viewers for her quilting explainers, died suddenly after ...