On a recent Sunday morning a former pastor's daughter, home on a visit from California, brought an old friendship quilt to our church in Greasy Valley (I know, strange name but that is a story within ...
Jolene Adley, left, and Kris Ramos, both of Canton, display some of the quilts they have made throughout the years. The women are members of Grammy’s Choice Quilters, which meets regularly at the ...
The Johnson County Museum's Common Threads exhibition is a way into the area's history, but also connects women across time and space. Quilting is a pastime of paradoxes. It’s at once considered an ...
A fabric and thread garage sale find has turned into a precious gift for a family living in the Saltillo community. Last summer, Kim Shock and her mother Debbie Kelley were poking around at a garage ...
Most people have a collection of items stashed somewhere out of sight, no longer in use but too precious to throw away. Clothing, uniforms, beddings and other favourite things like cushion covers, ...
Everyone in the room wore white linen gloves lest the oils from their hands change history. In the world of centuries old hand made quilts small things make a big difference. Purple fades to brown ...
When Susan Stratoti and Ellen Crawford first met at a quilting class at Brockton High School in 1990, the two West Bridgewater women had no idea that quilting would form the basis of a 22-year ...
Becky Thomas has long admired the barn quilts of Kittitas County. More than 100 colorful wooden panels inspired by quilt patterns are hung on barns around Ellensburg and Cle Elum. The artwork ...