Melody Crust - Fiber Artist

Spring is slowly coming to the Pacific Northwest, or so they tell me. The news reported that this April is the coldest ever recorded! I am r...

Alzheimer’s Illustrated: From Heartbreak to Hope premiered at the Hands Across the Valley Quilt Show in Amherst, MA last month. It was the ...

I had a visit from the Magazine Lady, Becky Stefanoff. If you live in the greater Seattle area, she is interested in buying old magazines, b...

• Take a needle threader that has a thread cutter attached if you are worried about flying with scissors. • Use shorter lengths of thread an...

Spring is one of the four te mperate seasons, the transition period between wint er and summer. Spring and "springtime" refer to t...

Just as beloved at this time were white quilts embroidered in red and white designs from storybooks, nature, national exhibitions, and fa...

By the end of the nineteenth century, red and white became the preferred color combination for quilts made for fundraising. Donors wou...

Mrs. Rose's collection included a few small quilts too.

Chinese screens

This exhibition is part of a twelve-month-long series of shows, educational programming, and special events organized by the museum to emp...

Loved them all! A digital guide to the exhibition, including images of all 650 quilts, is available as a free app for your iPhone, iPod t...

Applique designs are not limited to geometric patterns. Many bed covers feature animals, flowers, hearts, and similar forms. A digital g...