On a recent Sunday morning a former pastor's daughter, home on a visit from California, brought an old friendship quilt to our church in Greasy Valley (I know, strange name but that is a story within ...

Verna Gingerich, Esther Yoder, Dorothy Bender Yoder and Edna Blough Miller recently sat in front of the friendship quilt for which they made squares while they were working in the 1940s for the Asplin ...

"Since the 1800s, Americans have used quilts to tell stories about their lives and histories and to share time spent together working toward a common goal," said Anne Campbell, lifestyle activity ...

Interesting thought: Are our grandmothers and great-grandmothers “artisan crafters”? America’s earliest artisan craft is considered to be quilting; therefore, they very well may be. The Friendship ...

For fans of Little House on the Prairie, few things feel more on brand for Melissa Gilbert than a handmade quilt created by a community of women. This week, the former Laura Ingalls Wilder actress, 61 ...

How do you remember your family and friends? In 1845, Hagerstown resident Ellen Cecelia (Carver) Mobley began a friendship quilt to remember her loved ones. Before her death in 1899, Ellen had ...

In colonial times women made Friendship Quilts with their friends and family members. Each person embroidered their name in the center of a quilt block, and the women held a quilting bee to hand ...