As searches for quilting patterns surge and Covid quilt-alongs explode online, newcomers to the hobby are channelling a centuries-old Irish tradition: quilting for human connection. When Sarah Harris ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. On the front of this “Irish ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Names for quilt pattern blocks change ...

Last week, I wrote about Happy Hour. Today's topic is for those of you who might entertain an interest in getting "stoned." If that's the case, I know just the place. Pot may be legal in Colorado now, ...

From Ballina to Belém, a patchwork quilt hand-stitched by climate and nature groups from across Ireland is making its way to the Cop30 climate summit with the message “we’re stronger together”. The ...

I grew up surrounded by quilts. My grandmother has been quilting since the 1950s, and while my experience is far less than hers, it's a hobby I dove head-first into during the throes of the Covid ...

A GROUP of hardened criminals have found their softer sides – making quilts for an international exhibition. The group of inmates from Limerick Prison made intricate quilts which were displayed at the ...

She is a member of the Four Winds Patchwork Group and one of their quilts, entitled Colonade, has been chosen for the Patchwork and Quilting Expo which take place in the Dutch capital, the Hague, on ...