HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - In 1989, the Historic Huntsville Foundation faced a daunting challenge: a $50,000 remaining mortgage on the Harrison Brothers Hardware Store. What happened next became a ...
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 ...
Jane Crutchfield is pictured with the red and white signature quilt she has been researching since she traveled to Stamford in March of 2013. It has led her to the Olmstead family and uncovered a ...
In the 1840s, the idea of friendship quilts, also known as signature or autograph quilts, started. These types of quilts came in and out of fashion but, in general, were given as gifts to friends who ...
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The Historic Huntsville Foundation (HHF) is inviting the public to A Homecoming: The American Signature Quilt, a free exhibition at Harrison Brothers Hardware, 124 Southside Square. The exhibit opens ...
As searches for quilting patterns surge and Covid quilt-alongs explode online, newcomers to the hobby are channelling a centuries-old Irish tradition: quilting for human connection. When Sarah Harris ...