Fabric from an abandoned project to make curtains. A stack of flannel that was gathering dust. Scraps from children's quilts. All have been turned into freshly made quilts — for a cause. Crafted by ...

Quilters and quilt lovers will be happy to learn the 46th Appalachian Treasures Quilt Show will return to the Appalachian Arts and Crafts Festival (now the Makers Market) on Aug. 27-28. This year the ...

The Appalachian Maker’s Market is scheduled for Aug. 25-26 at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center in Beckley, providing a shopping experience that features skilled Appalachian artists and ...

SOMETHING IN THE AIR: Dillsboro's Appalachian Women's Museum will host the annual Airing of the Quilts on Saturday, May 6. Photo courtesy of the AWM The airing of the quilts, a traditional rite of ...

SHADY VALLEY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Quilting is an Appalachian staple, and there’s a celebration of everything in the hobby coming next weekend. The Festival of Quilts is back for year two in Shady Valley on ...

There is a delightful and inspirational project underway in Abingdon that not only gives people something fun and educational to do in the middle of a pandemic, but also is “piecing together the ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — East Tennessee State University’s (ETSU) Sherrod Library and Veterans Affairs Department partnered with the Quilts of Valor Southern Appalachian group on Monday to host a ...

Jessica Steedman and Lynn Veith with Appalachian Heritage Quilters, get us ready for the 13th annual Quilt Show & Holiday Boutique taking place at Crossroads Christian Church in Gray this Friday and ...

BIG STONE GAP, Virginia — The Appalachian Quilters Guild will hold its second annual Quilt Show Saturday, April 12, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Big Stone Gap Visitor Center.

Quilt after quilt emerged from boxes, each sewn completely by hand. Some had even been embroidered by hand, labors of love that must have taken an immeasurable amount of time with three children ...

Fourth- and fifth-grade students at Montgomery Ridge Intermediate School are learning about Appalachia through “The Heart of the Quilt,” a play they have been working on and will perform for their ...