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 — ...

‘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 ...

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 ...

October is nationally recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.   Recent studies have revealed a startling trend across the nation – more women are being diagnosed with breast cancer at a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At their first board meeting for the 2024-25 year, the Sterling Lions voted to take on the Quilt Project for Childhood Cancer. The local club has partnered with the ladies of the Peace Lutheran Church ...