quilting

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For example, quilting has long been a domestically appropriate medium for women to express their political beliefs, well before they had the right to vote.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2026

After the divorce, she lived in an apartment above a quilting shop in Nyack and sometimes rented rooms to actors visiting that town for performances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

"It wasn’t her family pictures, it wasn't her jewellery, it was her quilting."

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2024

Repurposing fabric — from tattered blankets, frayed rags, stained clothes — is a central ethos of the community’s quilting practice, which resists commodification.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

“A quilting frame. I used to have classes here. You ever work on quilts?”

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry