May 1—ASHLAND — The women who meet at Best Friends Fabric and More are stitching together more than quilts. They are stitching together lifelong friendships. The store, at 2007 Carter Ave., offers ...

A quilt is a multilayered thing, both physically and, in many cases, metaphorically. In the right hands, it can be a functional, warm blanket, a work of art, and a way of stitching together memories ...

Nancy Dahl and Nancy Richwine, members of the Flathead Quilters' Guild, hold up a quilt titled "Keep It Simply Slanted" during one of the Guild's sewing days at the Quilt Gallery in Kalispell on ...

Quilting is an American tradition that started in the 1800s as a way for pioneer women to connect with each other. Today, there are 27 million quilters in the U.S., and 90 percent of them make quilts ...

Alma Nagao, left, and Eunice Higashi talk politics and the complications of renewing a driver’s license after age 72. They are students in the sewing classes upstairs at Kuni Island Fabrics. Sometimes ...

Quilting might not be the most obvious interest for someone like computer scientist and author Theodore Gray. But it was Gray who encouraged his girlfriend, animator Nina Paley, to buy a huge quilting ...

Owner Dana Miller poses for a portrait at Coastside Quilt Studio in Pacifica on Nov. 30. Photo by Magali Gauthier. A quilt is a multilayered thing, both physically and, in many cases, metaphorically.