The New Brunswick Military History Museum is in possession of a unique piece of history that was once used to raise money for front-line soldiers. It's a 110-year-old quilt top, embroidered with ...

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The 152-year-old quilt was in need of delicate repairs. A former museum curator applied to send it to Ottawa for restoration in the mid-nineties, but the process didn’t start until four years ago.

“One 96-year-old veteran didn’t think he deserved it, and he was just thrilled.” Upon receiving the quilt, Skelton was reminded of a song called When the War is Over, he said.

Once the designs are all stitched and the hexagons are returned to Downey, they will be assembled into the completed quilt. She’s given her volunteers a deadline of November 15.

“Our goal here was to combine antique, modern and contemporary art quilts to show how patterns have moved through time,” said Connie Nordstrom, a quilter and quilt historian who curated the ...

Among the relics at the Thoroughgood House in Virginia Beach, an 18th-century calamanco quilt is showing its age. So much so that’s it’s been selected by the Virginia Association of Museums as ...

Before he was old enough to drink, Richard Kolodey had flown 100 missions as a gunner on a Grumman TBM Avenger — a dive bomber — in the South Pacific. By the time he was 21, Kolodey was on his ...

Quilts decorate Ashe County barns The barn quilt movement has spread to Ashe County, where dozens of old barns are decorated with colorful patterns and have drawn tourists from across the country.