In Morning Star Quilts, Pulford’s 1989 survey of quilting traditions among Native American women of the Northern Plains, she tells of a letter she got from Jackson that described a single month ...

Each of the 30 pinecone patches in the Lowrie quilt has more than 2,000 pieces of material, totaling over 30,000 folds, according to UNC-Pembroke. However, you need an outfit to dance in a powwow ...

It has turned up on Neolithic rock carvings, in Hindu temples and amid Greek ruins, and was once widely incorporated in Native American jewelry and handicrafts — so much so that Arizona in the ...

The idea of a quilt as a metaphor to explain a diverse concept is a hackneyed choice. It is used in this case to appeal to people of all lands. There are 196 countries in the world. If each is a ...

Panel submissions for The Great American Birthday Quilt will be accepted from now until Nov. 30, with final assembly taking ...

Fabric of a Nation opens on June 27 and continues through October 12 in Nashville. Find more and plan your visit on the ...

In short order, he bought a pair of Mennonite quilts, a Native American quilt and a Victorian-style crazy quilt. “And I had not the foggiest idea of what I was doing,” he recalled recently in ...

Biggers, a Los Angeles native who currently lives in New York City, is known for his use of American symbolism, geometric figures, and urban culture references.

Clues layered into a quilt — the pattern and colors chosen, types of fabric and dyes — hint to the maker’s race, ethnic background, religion and economic status. Skip to Article Set weather ...