Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Following the Eaton fire, textile artist Shaadee Ighanian has focused on collecting quilt donations, which she has been ...
What do you do? “I make T-shirt, memory, baby, Christmas, any type of quilt for any occasion,” Tracy Husch-Lissak said. What is quilting? “It’s three layers of fabric. The backing, the batting and the ...
It’s a story of American history. African American history. Women’s history. Civil rights history. Art history. It’s a story of capture and enslavement. Resilience and survival. Poverty and Jim Crow.
It was a rare, quiet morning for Stephen Coulter. The 64-year-old Ramona resident can usually be found at Hidden Valley Ranch Rehabilitation Services by listening for the hums and clicks of a sewing ...
The work of the African American quilters Laverne Brackens and Sherry Byrd, who continue the thread of the family tradition, will be on view at the Berkeley Art Museum. By Jori Finkel Reporting from ...
If the African American tradition of quilting has begun to find its place in the contemporary art world, it’s thanks in no small part to Carolyn Mazloomi, a self-taught quilter who has been a champion ...
The history of making and adding barn quilts to a farm structure goes back to the Europe of 300 years ago and the idea has ...
Textile artist Shaadee Ighanian started a grassroots quilt campaign to benefit people in Altadena who lost their homes. Displaced families have found comfort in the quilt donations. The quilts are a ...