IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Dark blue glazed wool was used for ...

I grew up surrounded by quilts. My grandmother has been quilting since the 1950s, and while my experience is far less than hers, it's a hobby I dove head-first into during the throes of the Covid ...

We tested quilts to find heirloom-quality options for year-round comfort, including cotton, cooling, linen, and velvet styles.

Teachers and pupils at a quilting class held in Aberdare Technical College around 1928-1929. The wholecloth quilt displayed on a frame was made and designed by one of the pupils. But after a boom in ...

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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 ...