CLIFTON PARK – Ninety-year-old Doris Bartow of Rexford has been preserving a local treasure, and has recently donated it to the town of Clifton Park. It is a magnificent red and white signature quilt ...

VANCOUVER — Internationally known quilt collector Bill Volckening will present a free lecture on “Signature Quilts” at the Clark County Historical Museum on Thursday. Volckening owns more than 75 ...

Elijah Steele sent a permanent message of support to wartime troops as part of his school day, and added his signature to one of many such efforts literally warming folks around the world. Elijah and ...

In the 1840s, the idea of friendship quilts, also known as signature or autograph quilts, started. These types of quilts came in and out of fashion but, in general, were given as gifts to friends who ...

Editor’s Note: We’re reaching the end of our Expo ’74 history chronicle, so we have a question for our history column readers: Should we continue to run two items each day – one from 50 years ago and ...

Ready to accept that quilts are more than just a bedcovering? Move beyond the basic blanket stitch with The Taft Museum of Art’s autumnal exhibit dedicated to mosaic patchwork quilts. Elegant Geometry ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - In 1989, the Historic Huntsville Foundation faced a daunting challenge: a $50,000 remaining mortgage on the Harrison Brothers Hardware Store. What happened next became a ...

The Historic Huntsville Foundation (HHF) is inviting the public to A Homecoming: The American Signature Quilt, a free exhibition at Harrison Brothers Hardware, 124 Southside Square. The exhibit opens ...

Mimi Mace recently stepped down after serving as the Redwood Empire Quilters Guild’s community quilt liaison from 2010 to 2020. Under her leadership, guild members completed and delivered over 2,000 ...

Three years ago I purchased a red and white signature quilt from an estate in Illinois not knowing any of the history of the quilt (see Mountain Eagle article April 13, 2013). Although I have not ...