The Library of Congress has a wonderful prints and photographs site that is full of surprising images including this Japanese woodblock pri...

The bolts of The Morris Garden fabric should be in the quilt shops any day now. If you are looking for pattern ideas I'd suggest a si...

I got some photos of a quilt top made in Alabama in the 1930s or '40s asking for help with pattern identification. I recognized it immed...

Sujata Shah, 36" x 48", recycled shirts. A few more quilt tops from correspondents in Washington state. Sujata writes: "This...

People are asking for suggestions as to what to do with The Morris Workshop fabric. One possibility that uses simple patchwork to show off...

One of my favorite possessions is an old checkerboard made of linoleum squares. I've looked at it every morning for twenty years and tho...

Plaids are quite popular in antique quilts. Here's a picture of a top with a woven and a printed plaid, probably from 1840-1860. I thoug...