At a time when the quilting world seems full of art-driven works and high-tech techniques, it was a traditional alphabet quilt inspired by a 150-year-old children's book that took the best of show at ...

This quilt has seen better days. Among the colonial-era relics at the Thoroughgood House, an 18th-century bedcover is showing its age. So much so that’s it’s been selected by the Virginia Association ...