Historians are divided on the question of whether quilts were used to signal runaway slaves during the Underground Railroad era. But the concept is intriguing. The pattern contained in a quilt hung on ...

A collaboration between history, art and a local quilting shop recently provided Prairie Grove Junior High students hands-on ...

According to tradition, the sun and the North Star were not the only guides for runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad. Although disputed by some historians, some families claim that the patterns ...

When African-American master quilter Sharon Tindall, 55, of Centreville began noticing that her self-inspired quilt patterns did not resemble traditional ones, she started questioning how they had ...

WILKES-BARRE — In 1999, a book by art historian Raymond Dobard Jr. and college instructor Jacqueline Tobin was published called “Hidden In Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground ...

WILKES-BARRE — When Olivemae Lewis began quilting, she never dreamt that one of her creations would be a true stitch in time. The Osterhout Free Library hosted Lewis, of West Nanticoke, on Saturday ...

For Edith Edmunds, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That’s why she plans to be sewing on Juneteenth. “It’s what I love to do,” she told NPR in a phone ...

Ethel Hayden grew up in West Leechburg seated around a quilting frame with her siblings. They stitched together pieces of cloth, practicing the fabric craft passed down from her mother and grandmother ...

Quilters have been copying patterns believed to have been used as signals for the Underground Railroad even though historians say they can't find... The enduring story for Underground Railroad Quilts ...

RACINE — The Racine Arts Council and Real Racine are hosting an “Underground Railroad Quilt Exhibit” in Downtown Racine shop windows through Oct. 31. Ozella’s Quilt cards are available at Downtown ...