Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JACKSONPORT - It's once again time for Amish quilts, handcrafted Amish items, Amish snacks and more to take center stage in the ...

Amish quilts, which are often pieced together and stitched collaboratively, have always been regarded as expressions of economy, utility and artistry. The Lincoln Park residence that Chicago ...

Starting in the 1970s, design professionals deemed the simple patterns and strong colors of antique Amish quilts thoroughly “modern,” and those quilts frequently were showcased in homes right through ...

It was the gleaner that did the trick. Not to mention the crisp autumn night and the nice young woman who offered me hot coffee soon after I checked into my cozy room at the Patchwork Country Quilt ...

Unidentified Maker , Crazy Star; ca. 1920 , Arthur, Illinois , cotton and wool; 74 x 63 ½ in. (detail), Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown, Promised gift to the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Celebrating National Quilting Day with a gift of Amish quilts Laura Baptiste Untitled (Old Maid's Puzzle). Holmes County, Ohio, circa 1930. This is the first quilt the Brown’s purchased, in 1976, that ...

The quilt is more than a 100 years old, but the reds and blues are still vibrant today. It’s striking, a labor of love for the quilter. “Just to be able to compose something like that,” says Wendell ...