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JACKSONPORT - It's once again time for Amish quilts, handcrafted Amish items, Amish snacks and more to take center stage in the Door County arts and crafts world when the biannual Art, Craft and Amish ...

Unidentified Maker from the Lapp family, Smoketown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, “Lone Star / Star of Bethlehem” (c. 1935–45), cotton and wool, 81 x 82 inches (205.74 x 208.28 cm) (all photos Julie ...

Starting in the 1970s, design professionals deemed the simple patterns and strong colors of antique Amish quilts thoroughly “modern,” and those quilts frequently were showcased in homes right through ...

It was the gleaner that did the trick. Not to mention the crisp autumn night and the nice young woman who offered me hot coffee soon after I checked into my cozy room at the Patchwork Country Quilt ...

The notion of a quilting bee might be as old-fashioned as a taffy pull or barn-raising, but quilting is enjoying a renaissance. A recent convention for appliqué artists drew 600 people to Denver and ...