In the late 1800s making a crazy quilt to display in the parlor was fashionable for women of means. These quilts showcased expensive velvet, chenille and delicate silk fabrics, often salvaged from ...
If you look closely, you can see the unfolding story of a well-to-do St. Paul, Minn., family stitched into the pieces of an elaborate Victorian crazy quilt, which dates to the 1890s. It tells of the ...
Crazy Quilt Farms looks like it could have been plucked from the pages of a storybook. With its barn-red storefront, rainbow-colored patio tables, delicious food, assorted gift items and a multitude ...
In one breath, Sally Mackey insists she is not a quilter, that her skill is applique --stitching fabric onto a larger background. In the next, she says, face serious, "Quilting is my life. I live and ...