In recent weeks, the migrant caravan of people currently walking toward the U.S.-Mexico border has been characterized as an “invasion” of Central Americans by President Trump, adding fuel to the ...
A powerful exhibition of quilts memorializing migrants from Mexico and Central America who have died in the southern Arizona desert in the last 20 years is on display amid intense national debate over ...
The Honey Bees Quilting Guild in Zachary collected charity quilts Oct. 23 for the Brave Heart program. The are quilts were made by members for the nonprofit program, which helps children in foster ...
After learning about migrants’ struggles, Jody Ipsen felt compelled to find a way for the community to honor and never forget those who have died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The Migrant Quilt ...
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Striped heart quilt block

The easy to make striped heart quilt block is a great scrap buster. It's easy to make and great for those Valentine's quilt ...
Alice Caroline is a sewing expert who creates patterns, kits and fabric bundles using Liberty fabrics. There's very little she doesn't know about English paper piecing – and here she talks us through ...
TULSA, Okla. — "I started this as an eye catching prop to have outside the show so everybody would go, 'Oh, there must be a quilt show there!'" You could say Jan Kendall's latest creation is stopping ...
I'm all about making a small project. They are just so satisfying to watch something come together quickly. That's where these 30+ quilted placemat patterns come in handy. Spend a smaller amount of ...
Inside what initially seems like a well-appointed quilt shop with bolts of fabrics and quilt-making equipment are a few rooms devoted to the museum-quality display of quilts. It’s there that, on April ...
A set of T-shirts will be transformed into bulletproof vests to help protect Chicago police officers, thanks to an area resident’s labor of love. Jean Ricker, a longtime resident of Chicago’s Mount ...
The words top plaque after plaque in corners of The Art Institute of Chicago, accompanying a cotton quilt top, an embroidered wool rug, a baptismal certificate from 1809. “Artist Unknown.” Looking at ...