Fiber artist Irene Roderick, who has two art quilts in Schweinfurth Art Center’s “Quilts=Art=Quilts 2022″ exhibition, created a series of “Guardian” quilts to keep her company during the years of ...

Rambling River Art Quilters is bringing an exhibit of colorful and intricate art quilts to the Historical Society of Lee’s Summit Museum. The group includes several area women from Lee’s Summit and ...

It may have been inevitable that Petra Fallaux became a fiber artist. She grew up in The Netherlands, the daughter of a textile worker and a seamstress. “As a child, my father took me to the looms he ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Quaint might be the first word that comes to mind when considering quilts. A hand-stitched quilt can warm the heart, as well as the rest of the body. Yet ...

After Sheryl Sims got bored with traditional quilting, she started making story quilts and found her calling. “I paint with fabric. I quilt what is in my heart and mind,” she explained at an Oct. 2 ...

Self-taught Deborah Schwartzman’s early quilts were full-size and functional. Later, she began to use the quilt as a medium for self expression. Her quilts have traveled to exhibits throughout the ...

The collector Eli Leon left almost 3,000 quilts by African-American artists to Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive as a bequest. By Peter Libbey Almost 3,000 quilts by African-American ...

The Schweinfurth Art Center's annual "Quilts=Art=Quilts" show showcases the best of contemporary quilt-making. This year, a companion exhibit will showcase what came earlier. While "Quilts=Art=Quilts" ...

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