"Quilts and Color: The Pilgrim/Roy Collection," which opened on Tuesday in the Gund Gallery in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , is not what you might expect from a show on historical textiles. This ...

Phyllis DeWys wasn’t expecting to get as inspired as she did while accompanying her husband on a pheasant hunt. “I go out in the field,” she said. “I don’t carry a gun. I don’t find any pleasure in it ...

Pecolia Warner of Yazoo City, Miss., could give you a mood for every color she quilted. White, she once explained, is for peace. Yellow expresses love. Brass means trouble, mainly because it can turn ...

In its most basic form, a quilt is two layers of fabric stitched together, often with a layer fof fluffy insulation sandwiched in between. In practice, quilts are a thrillingly diverse category — ...

Walls of color literally lined the perimeter of the backyard grounds of Moss Point's Ina Thompson Public Library on Saturday as members of the River City Quilters displayed 62 examples of their work.

The word "quilting" tends to bring to mind grandmothers and dusty floral prints, yet it is precisely that image the Museum of Fine Arts is seeking to dispel with "Quilts and Color: The Pilgrim/Roy ...

A version of this story ran in the November / December 2020 issue. On a mild, showery day in August, Laverne Brackens sits in her bedroom with her daughters Lily Mays and Betsy Johnson. This is also ...