Learn how to make a quilt by hand for beginners. With this guide, you can avoid common mistakes and learn some beginner quilting techniques. This article honors a gift handed down to us by the pioneer ...

“Quilting with a Modern Slant” by Rachel May is full of quilting tips and tricks, as well as ideas on how to make a quilt that builds on the aesthetics of traditional and art quilts. Quilting with a ...

Nellie McGann busily moved her way down the long table of girls, each poised with a needle and thread. “Take your time, don’t hurry,” she advised 11-year-old Dominique Gallup. “It’s better not to have ...

This is a great way to make use of that pile of sentimental Ts that's getting moved from closet to closet. We get shirts to commemorate special events, teams or times in our lives, but after the ...

Start by making your pattern. Wandy lays out an old hoodie on some pattern paper and traces around it, leaving half an inch of seam allowance on the sides, and a full inch on the bottom for the hem.

"A quilt, according to the definition used at quilt shows, has three layers. It has a top, it has a back, and it has a batting [or] some kind of an inner layer," Laura Speer says. Like that definition ...

They reflect the nation's patriotic colors. They often showcase a traditional pattern -- Ohio Star, Fence Rail, Churn Dash and Log Cabin, to name a few. Many feature patriotic images, such as a Bald ...

Fabric from an abandoned project to make curtains. A stack of flannel that was gathering dust. Scraps from children's quilts. All have been turned into freshly made quilts — for a cause. Crafted by ...