Let’s Talk About Fabric, a Bear Paw Quilt Co. Blog

By Robert HolmesTheStreet.com Staff Reporter6/26/2007 10:08 AM EDTClick here for more stories by Robert Holmes
Starting a company with only a few thousand dollars in hand seems like a daunting task, unless the business benefits from user-submitted content.No, we’re not talking the Internet or YouTube.com here. Starting a small business now with little cost doesn’t [...]

Debating the legend of quilts as Underground Railroad maps
By Diane Cole
Posted 6/24/07
Fact, fiction, folklore, or a bit of all three: Did runaway slaves seek clues in the patterns of handmade quilts, strategically placed by members of the Underground Railroad?
This ongoing debate surfaced as front-page news earlier this year when a New York City Central Park [...]

By JESSICA CEJNAR
Peninsula Clarion
Verna Espenshade experienced machine quilting when she came to Soldotna three weeks ago. Originally from Pennsylvania, Espenshade is impressed by the delicate textures and loops a fabric freestyler creates, but says real quilting is [...]

Frances Burks
June 15, 2007

Scrapbooks date back as far as the 1590s, when “commonplace books” included drawings, newspaper clippings, and diary notes. British philosopher John Locke published New Method of Making Commonplace Books in 1706. In it, Locke offered advice on preserving ideas, proverbs, and other items. You can carry on the scrapbooking tradition [...]

By ED MOORHOUSEBurlington County Times
SOUTHAMPTON — Susan Painting has learned her craft one stitch at a time.
The 67-year-old retired school teacher and Southampton resident has been quilting since 1985.
Later this month, a 96-square-inch quilt that she completed last year will be an entered in the prestigious Vermont Quilt Festival, held annually at the [...]

by Jennifer Priest Mitchell

If you saw Bob Eldred at his “day job,” where he works for Homeland Security at the Portland International Airport, you may not think that he quilts in his spare time. But he does. And he’s proud of it.
“Well, my wife’s been quilting for 30 years, and I’ve been trying to get [...]

By Judith Farrell, The Daily News
“American Patchwork: True Stories from Quilters” edited by Sonja Hakala, Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press, 217 pages, $23.95.
There is no better remedy for the soul than this collection of 67 stories contributed by quilters nationwide and edited by Sonja Hakala, who has a knack for nurturing her readers.
Pop culture [...]

By Michael Mager/Features Editor
In 1498, Leonardo Da Vinci completed one of the great masterpieces of the Renaissance, “The Last Supper.” Five hundred years later, retired dentist [...]