Hopkinton Marathon Quilt Guild marks 30 years. How it will celebrate

The Marathon Quilt Guild in Hopkinton is marking its 30th anniversary with a quilt show called "A Thread Runs Through It." ...
KPBS

'Threads of Freedom' quilt exhibit honors Black history and Juneteenth

Juneteenth, which commemorates June 19, 1865 — the day the last enslaved people in Texas were freed — was observed this week. But the WorldBeat Cultural Center in Balboa Park is continuing the ...
KXAN

‘Connecting threads’: Austin’s modern quilt convention combines tradition with art

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thousands of quilters from across the world are expected in Austin over the next few days to celebrate their contributions to a centuries-old tradition. QuiltCon 2020, the annual event ...
KING5

Quilts after quarantine: Nonprofit resumes quilt show after pandemic forced 4-year hiatus

WOODINVILLE, Wash. — Stray Threads Quilt Guild is in stitches with excitement. For the first time in nearly five years, the nonprofit quilters will get together to host their Pieced Together Quilt ...
Reading Eagle

Kutztown Community Threads quilts community memories, takes donations of materials to create quilt

Community Threads is seeking participants to join their community quilting group. They are also looking for donations from the community. Community Threads is a group that has been meeting at the ...
WATE 6 On Your Side

Tellico Village Quilters host “Creative Threads” Quilt show

TELLICO VILLAGE, Tenn. (WATE) – From September 30th to October 1st The Village Quilters will present “Creative Threads” a quilt show that celebrates the craft and offers visitors the chance to ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

My Happy Place quilt shop is thread that binds sewing community

Old-fashioned quilting bees — social gatherings where individuals come together to sew quilts — date back centuries, and were as much about the connection between the people as finishing any ...
Hyperallergic

The Common Threads Between Female Quilters and Abstract Expressionists

Installation view of Function to Freedom: Quilts and Abstract Expressions at Sara Kay Gallery, at left, Victoria Manganiello’s “El Trifinio” (2015)(all images by Adam Reich, courtesy Sara Kay Gallery ...