Several handmade quilts were spread atop white folding tables at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, each waiting to be examined. Two women wearing cotton gloves hovered over them, ...

"Greek symbols mean it’s tricky, someone is obsessed, they think of something and run to an obscure book and open it to the ...

“Quilting is mostly singing,” according to Nettie Young of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Like singing, quilting is often a communal activity. Quilters gather to cut, piece, and stitch layers of fabric together ...

The 5,000-year-old craft connects ancient kings to YouTube stars, frontier women to museum artists, and protests to memorials ...

Emmeline Marston of Blackfoot discovered a love for quilting about 20 years ago after trying several other crafts. While ...

There is a backstory and cultural connection behind African American cloth dolls. Silk Allen learned all about it at a recent event. The African American Quilt & Doll Show opened author Silk Allen’s ...

This fall, a new exhibit in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, will explore the past and present of textile arts in Berkshire County. Titled “What Quilts Reflect Back to Us,” the show will be held by the ...

Marcellina Akpojotor weaves past thumping sewing machines, and leaves a Lagos shop with a bag brimming with discarded fabric. The colourful pieces, which would typically be burned or thrown into the ...

Designer Stephanie Kienle Gonzalez infuses her own personality—along with impressive toothpick art—into a heritage home at ...