A powerful exhibition of quilts memorializing migrants from Mexico and Central America who have died in the southern Arizona desert in the last 20 years is on display amid intense national debate over ...
‘It’s an emotionally charged project — I feel like I’ve been living in grief for the past 11 years’ Adapted from a story by Cathy Free for The Washington Post. In recent weeks, the migrant caravan of ...
As part of multiple events marking one year since Hurricane Helene swept through the High Country, community members gathered ...
The baby-sized quilts being sewn at Portland Middle School are filled with more than polyester batting. They’re also filled with love. For about a month, a group of girls has been gathering in the ...
Years ago, Madison Ypma’s great-great grandmother Ida Brock Sterling sewed together blocks for a quilt. It was the midst of the Great Depression and Sterling hand sewed the blocks — squares of cloth — ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Rogers Park artist and activist has brought together a global community through one unfinished quilt and a hashtag: #RitasQuilt. Much of Shannon Downey's work begins at estate sales ...
African American quilts, long overlooked in U.S. archives, are being preserved in partnership with BAMPFA, honoring Bay Area ...
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — Visit Williamsburg recently announced The Great American Birthday Quilt Project in order to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday. The project allows people from across the ...
Most people go to estate sales in hopes of finding a hidden gem of antique furniture or jewelry – for a bargain price. Shannon Downey goes for the unfinished stitching projects. “I feel like their ...