About 60 miles from Spokane, in eastern Washington’s high desert country, Mariner’s Compass quilts surround Robin Long. On her family's cattle ranch near Ritzville, she and her husband, David Long,...
"This was a time when people were slowly making their way into the modern quilting world in order to find something that made them happy and kept their hands busy,”...
Brenetta Ward began quilting as a child, when she attended quilting bees with her Aunt Alma in rural Illinois. Her quilting style is grounded in southern tradition, but incorporates cultural...
“Then crazy quilting hit me like a Mack truck,” Allie remembered. She was given four industrial sized trash bags full of slightly smokey smelling fabric samples after a fire in...
Mildred Choate Taylor lives in the home her great-grandparents built on land near the Dwight Mission in Marble City. The home was built using the couple’s Cherokee “strip money,” which...
Quilter Kelley Atkinson and quilt historian Anita Weinraub were both profiled in Quiltfolk, Issue 30: Georgia, but their paths had never crossed until Kelley noticed a label on a vintage...
Jason Wilson, a geometric painter from McAlester, finds inspiration in patterns, meticulously handcrafting vibrant works that often defy belief. Drawing from childhood memories spent with his quilting "grandmas," his process...
Ann Solinski's journey into modern art quilting began with a surprise gift, leading her to craft unique pieces that have been exhibited across Oklahoma. Embracing her Korean heritage, she blends...
Quilters have their favorite genres and makers. Maybe you’d drive a long way to see an exhibition of Baltimore Album quilts or quilts made by the women of Gee’s Bend....
Noticing her interest in junior high school home economics and sewing classes, Gay Bitter's dad bought her a white Singer Featherweight sewing machine, which she used on and off through...
Entering the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont, Colorado, palpable excitement fills the air for the Colorado Quilting Council’s (CQC) 42nd annual Quilt-a-Fair. Fifty-three vendors set up for the weekend...
Entering the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont, Colorado, palpable excitement fills the air for the Colorado Quilting Council’s (CQC) 42nd annual Quilt-a-Fair. Fifty-three vendors set up for the weekend...
Megan Fowler is an old soul. She has one foot planted firmly in the appreciation for vintage and antique things and the other pointed forward toward modernism. She sewed Barbie...
