The Watkins Museum of History opened a new exhibition, pictured June 27, 2024, in partnership with the National African American Quilt Convention. Some family histories and community stories are ...

"Quilts and Color: The Pilgrim/Roy Collection," which opened on Tuesday in the Gund Gallery in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , is not what you might expect from a show on historical textiles. This ...

“Still Life with Ancestor Figure" by Susan Thompson on display at the Hyde Park branch of the Boston Public Library. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) In late April, textile artist Susan Thompson sits in front of ...

Click to open image viewer. Colorful African batik and patterned fabrics comprise the five stars arranged on an ochre background in this variation of an Aunt Eliza’s Star pattern. The work features ...

This story is part of a partnership between the Montgomery Advertiser and the Living Democracy program at Auburn University. Now in its 13th year, the program disperses students across rural Alabama ...

From cozy autumn flannels to breezy summer picnic quilts, seasonal quilting blends creativity with the beauty of the calendar. Each season brings its own color palettes, textures, and motifs to ...

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 ...