The River Country Quilt Show continues Saturday at Jacksonville High School with vintage quilt presentations, raffles, and ...

Dykes believes the quilt comes from Pickens County ancestors of her husband, he owns another old quilt that he slept under as a child. It all brings memories of the women who made the quilts.

Whatever your method, don't display a quilt - old or new - in direct sunlight or in florescent light, as both fade fabrics, says Nancy O'Bryant Puentes, author of First Aid for Family Quilts and ...

Whatever your method, don't display a quilt — old or new — in direct sunlight or in fluorescent light, as both fade fabrics, says Nancy O'Bryant Puentes, author of First Aid for Family Quilts ...

One vintage 1970s quilt from Florida, a 13-star Bicentennial American flag surrounded by prairie points found on eBay, cost just $9. Shipping was more than the quilt.

Are you tired of your current tablecloth? Head to the thrift store and look for unique quilts that fit your decor for a ...

60,000: Quilt lovers expected to attend 1,500: Quilts, textiles and wearable art on display 415: Classes and lectures 1,100: Shopping booths 3.76 billion: Dollars Americans spend on quilting each year ...

Early quilts usually were constructed by adding border strips to a large, central fabric panel, giving the bedcover a framed effect. Two other early quilt types are linsey-woolsey and white work.

A quilt coat made by Ann Schluting of Redux Vintage. Ann Schluting is another skilled local seamstress making one-of-a-kind coats from old quilts.

Janet Ross doesn’t have any old quilts of her own, so she’s been trying to borrow one from a relative. She doesn’t need it for warmth and she doesn’t plan to hang it on her wall.

Out of a collection of more than 600 quilts dating from 1811 through the present day, that’s saying something. And it’s the story behind the fabric that the 71-year-old said fuels her passions.

Quilt coats are about recycling objects already made from household scraps, and creating new life from old memories. “It’s amazing to see them everywhere all of a sudden,” Ms. Siegenthaler said.