An improvisational approach of quilt block formats used by some African American quilters.

A quilt with signatures from friends, community often for an important life event.

A quilt made from a loved one's clothes after death as a memorial consisting of fabric used during the person life.

Attaching individual pieces of fabric to a background to form a design.

Sewing blocks or sections of blocks in an assembly line fashion, completing the same step for each unit in sequence. An efficient way to work for sewing many blocks that are the same. If the pieces ar [..]

A quilt with signatures from friends, community often for an important life event.

The fabric used as the background when placing Applique pieces.

The fabric on the back of a Quilt Sandwich (Top, Batting and Backing).

A class of embroidery and sewing stitches in which individual stitches are made backward to the general direction of sewing. These stitches form lines and are most often used to outline shapes or to a [..]

Originated in Baltimore, Maryland in the 1840s. They have become one of the most popular styles of quilts and are still made today. These quilts are made up of a number of squares called blocks. Each [..]