Many Appalachians still have a quilt made by a great-grandmother, folded carefully in an attic or a cedar chest, that was ...

Quilt after quilt emerged from boxes, each sewn completely by hand. Some had even been embroidered by hand, labors of love that must have taken an immeasurable amount of time with three children ...

Fabric from an abandoned project to make curtains. A stack of flannel that was gathering dust. Scraps from children's quilts. All have been turned into freshly made quilts — for a cause. Crafted by ...

The Appalachian Women’s Museum invites quilters and quilt collectors a chance to show off on Saturday, May 4, from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the second Annual “Airing ...

Quilters and quilt lovers will be happy to learn the 46th Appalachian Treasures Quilt Show will return to the Appalachian Arts and Crafts Festival (now the Makers Market) on Aug. 27-28. This year the ...

Don Harris, Hendersonville, NC resident and first-time author, tells the story of an Appalachian Mountain family, their survival of the Historic Flood of 1916 and what life was like at that time in ...

For 41 years, a group of volunteers has worked to showcase a craft that’s part of a multibillion-dollar industry — quilting. The Appalachian Treasures Quilt Show is part of the Appalachian Feswtival ...

SHADY VALLEY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Quilting is an Appalachian staple, and there’s a celebration of everything in the hobby coming next weekend. The Festival of Quilts is back for year two in Shady Valley on ...

There is a delightful and inspirational project underway in Abingdon that not only gives people something fun and educational to do in the middle of a pandemic, but also is “piecing together the ...

Thursday officially launched the Appalachian Clothesline of Quilts project in Madison County. A small group of volunteers gathered at the Madison County Extension Office to begin painting “Richmond ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — East Tennessee State University’s (ETSU) Sherrod Library and Veterans Affairs Department partnered with the Quilts of Valor Southern Appalachian group on Monday to host a ...

The Fischman Gallery in downtown Johnson City will be hosting an event on Friday June 30, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. to recognize and discuss quilts made by kids in the after school programs at Carver Rec ...