Like many pioneer women of the burgeoning West, Maude White was used to hardship and loneliness. As the child of homesteaders who grew up in a sod house, and who became a Colorado homesteader herself, ...
Sometimes they call themselves the Houston Public Library Quilters Guild. Sometimes, they're just Mary, Sara, Wendy and Brinda. Actually, they say, what they call themselves really doesn't matter. All ...
The young cancer patients didn't see Diego Velandia's tears as they descended upon the quilts made by Harris County probationers. The kids were too excited at choosing a homemade blanket to pay ...
A small group of men incarcerated at a prison in southern Missouri is working toward a common goal: creating personalized quilts for every child in the Texas County foster care system. Every so often, ...
"Quilting is a creative outlet for me," said Brenda Aleman, contracting officer, Edgewood Division, Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Quilts for Heroes, Aleman said, is a ...
Make big quilts that are easy to piece, yet have great designer impact. Nancy and quilt designer Debbie Bowles use 18" blocks to make large quilts using ideas from Debbie’s versatile BQ pattern ...
The passage into death might seem cold, but Freddie Kologie and Carol Bunyard are determined to make it warmer. Using their skills as quilters, the local women provided 25 “passage quilts” for the ...
The recent gathering was to replenish a supply of quilts which are kept on hand, for when a designated recipient is discovered. Over the two-day period, the guild’s goal was to produce 20 quilt tops, ...
Use large prints to make spectacular contemporary quilts. Quilt designer Debbie Bowles joins Nancy to make magnificent quilt blocks with large print fabric squares plus angled side blocks.
Three Dells women, who make quilts, hope to gather about 50 other quilters who will help them make 100 or more quilts that will be given to veterans. The quilts are called Quilts of Valor, and the ...