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‘Every quilt has a story to tell’

By Alison Bell
Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS — [...]

By KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
rockinghamnews@seacoastonline.com

KINGSTON — When Linda Heminway started the My Brother’s Keepers quilt group in 1999, all her materials fit in one oversized tote bag.
“Now,” she said, “we have a walk-in closet the church gives us to store stuff. Fabric mates and reproduces.”
Heminway and her group will tie off their 300th quilt this month. [...]

‘Quilt Lady’s’ special gifts to Indy 500 winners endure

By Richard D. Walton

For more than 30 years, Avon’s Jeanetta Holder has fashioned a special quilt for the Indy 500 winner. the quilt behind here will be raffled off for charity. - Richard D. Walton / For The Star

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Stitching together the story of America

By SAMANTHA ARNOLDsarnold1@thespectrum.com
CEDAR CITY - The fifth-grade students at Fiddlers Canyon Elementary School showed off their knowledge of American history Wednesday, showcasing their quilt-making projects.
Out of the three fifth-grade classes, 66 quilts were completed, said Janette Stubbs, one of the fifth-grade teachers in charge of the “American history enrichment project.”

After [...]

Ohio woman among premier art quilters in U.S.

By BILL MAYR The Columbus Dispatch BALTIMORE, Ohio (AP) - With deadlines looming, artist Nancy Crow [...]

Passion for patchwork

By Roszan Holmen
If you think quilting ladies are stuffy, quiet and dull, think again.
On May 17, the Heart and Hands guild held a quilt showcase that packed the Omniplex curling room. Almost 200 local and visiting guild members cheered, laughed, clapped and gave a standing ovation for guest speaker Gloria Loughman, all the way [...]

Memories sewn into quilt

BY JIM KNIPPENBERG | JKNIPPENBERG@ENQUIRER.COM
The nation’s first Alzheimer’s-related quilt made its Cincinnati debut Saturday at a conference for caregivers and health professionals downtown at the Westin hotel.
Sponsored by the 5-year-old Manhattan-based Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, both the conference and the Quilt to Remember are intended to shine a light on the patients and their caregivers, [...]