A friendship quilt is like a well-autographed yearbook that keeps you warm. To add something personal, a quiltmaker sends fabric swatches to friends to sign and then sews the patches into the quilt’s ...

"Since the 1800s, Americans have used quilts to tell stories about their lives and histories and to share time spent together working toward a common goal," said Anne Campbell, lifestyle activity ...

On a recent Sunday morning a former pastor's daughter, home on a visit from California, brought an old friendship quilt to our church in Greasy Valley (I know, strange name but that is a story within ...

How do you remember your family and friends? In 1845, Hagerstown resident Ellen Cecelia (Carver) Mobley began a friendship quilt to remember her loved ones. Before her death in 1899, Ellen had ...

In the 1940's, Welthea B. Thoday (born in Scituate, Mass. in 1896) asked friends and family members to make the 32 blocks included in this World War II quilt's border. Welthea embroidered the center ...

DEAR ABBY: I’m having an issue with my longtime best friend. We no longer live in the same state, but we talk several times a week and try to visit every year. We both love crafting, and two years ago ...

Phyllis M. Sicoli of Niagara Falls has been a member of the Friendship Club of the YWCA of the Tonawandas for 10 years and has yet to complete a quilt. "My husband says, 'You've been quilting for 10 ...