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What awaits visitors at the annual Southeastern Quilt Festival
Each spring the Southeastern Quilt Festival draws thousands of textile enthusiasts to a sprawling convention centre in the American South, where rows of…
Quilt bees and the communities they built through cloth
Quilt bees, sometimes called quilting bees, were gatherings where women and men came together to stitch, share patterns, and support one another through long…
How 3D Scanning is Reshaping the Way Museums Preserve Quilt Stitching
Quilts rarely sit still. Every fold, every puckered seam, every hand-pulled knot carries a record of the maker, the room, and the cloth's later life behind…
When textiles walk the gallery: the rise of art quilts
For most of the twentieth century, quilts hung in parlours, draped across beds, and folded into cedar chests. They were objects of domestic comfort, women's…
Rare feed sack quilts and the stories woven into every seam
Feed sack quilts hold a singular place in American textile history, born from rural practicality and shaped by hard economic times. During the Great Depression…
Quilts of the Great Depression: Resourcefulness and Resilience in Cloth
During the 1930s, quilts transformed limited materials into warmth, beauty, and practical security. Families saved worn clothing, flour sacks, feed bags, and…
Teaching the Next Generation: Educational Programs at Southeastern Quilt Museum
Teaching the Next Generation: Educational Programs at Southeastern Quilt Museum brings textile history into the hands of young people. Through quilts, students…
A Look Inside the Museum’s Conservation Lab
Behind every carefully displayed quilt is a quiet programme of examination, cleaning, repair and record keeping. In a museum conservation lab, textile…
The African Threads Woven Into Southern Quilt Design
Southern quilts carry stories of migration, labour, family, faith and survival. Their colours and forms often reflect materials that travelled through the…
Meet the Artist Behind the Award-Winning Stitched Landscapes Series
Australian textile artist Clara Mercer transforms familiar terrain into richly layered fabric compositions. Her award-winning Stitched Landscapes series draws…

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