News about quilting from around the internet (links open in new windows):
Quilts make warm difference in mountains of Mexico
SERGEANT BLUFF — It could be a bed. Maybe a room divider. Or saved to be a soft casket. One mother cut a quilt three ways so each of her children could have a piece to wrap up in.
In winter, the weather is cold and damp in the mountainous area of Mexico south of Laredo, Texas, where rain and snow add to the chill. In some areas where housing might simply be pallets tied together and covered with cardboard, a quilt to keep warm in at night is a treasure. (From The Sioux City Journal)
Largest outdoor quilt show in Texas set for May 3-4
The Tall Pines Quilt Guild will host what is recognized as the largest outdoor quilt show and market in Texas on May 3.
The seventh annual Airing of the Quilts will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Huntsville in conjunction with the Gen. Sam Houston Folk Festival. (From The Huntsville Item)
Stitching up the future
The Revived Art of Quilting Brings a Kentucky Ghost Town Back to Life
What Italy provides for people who love food is what Paducah does for quilting. A small Kentucky town on the Ohio River halfway between St. Louis and Nashville, Tenn., Paducah has become one of the prime destinations for quilt tourism, 21st-century style. (From The Wall Street Journal)
Show weaves fabric of women’s history
The spiritual handprints of the women of Gee’s Bend, Ala., are all over their work, handprints that tell of history, hardship and community. They knew recycling before there was a word for it: These quiltmakers used beat-up work clothes and scraps from corduroy pillows, whatever material was at hand in their rural community.
But now, the women of Gee’s Bend have hit celebrity status, which began in 2002 with the first touring museum exhibition of their work and continues with the second, “Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt,” which opens Sunday at the Denver Art Museum. (From The Rocky Mountain News)
Counselor’s clients create highly personal quilts
People as young as 7 have made the quilts
As Melissa Crandall grieved the death of her 6-year-old daughter, she found solace in a unique form of therapy. She made a quilt from her daughter’s clothes.
“I have it with me, and it’s part of her,” Crandall said. “I had a hard time doing it at first. … But having it done has helped me come to terms with everything.” (From The Billings Gazette)
03/17/08 Quilts-For-Sale
On Sunday, March 16, CBS News Sunday Morning put quilting in the national spotlight by airing a seven minute segment that profiled Ricky Tims and the International Quilt Festival in Houston. This segment was presented in a very positive light and brought awareness to many who had no idea about the magnitude of today’s quilting industry (click on image below to go to the video page):
