Quilters gather to cut, piece, and stitch layers of fabric together, whether making “plain” quilts for warmth or “fancy” quilts for display. The group effort quickens the project’s pace and creates ...

Q While cleaning out an aunt’s estate, we found a box full of fancy embroidered robes and quilts. My great-grandmother taught in China in about 1915 or 1920 so we guessed that these were ...