Drive down Mumbai’s thoroughfares, the ones hemmed in by tin shanties and makeshift homes and chances are you’ll spot an intricately hand stitched quilt hung out to air on a rickety balcony or a road ...

Humble Stitches, Generous Threads: Quilts from Indian Country is a celebration of quilting designs created by students and community members that tell stories of their tribe's cultural history. The ...

Having met the little-known people behind the many designs that emerge from its cities and villages, Patrick J. Finn weaves a colourful narrative Patrick J. Finn has travelled across India researching ...

JAMESTOWN, N.D. - Six and a half years ago, Jamestown resident Ellen Pfeiffer began her mission, a quilting quest to recognize children who had died away from their families at a boarding school for ...

Join Geeta Khandelwal for an introduction to the distinguished world of Indian textiles. As the Indian economy grows and access to saris of synthetic fabrics become more cost-effective, the survival ...

A quilt is an evocative study in Chaos Theory, and the Crafts Council of India is currently offering a crash course in the subject. Local history, culture and colour are sewn into each piece - some ...

Unlike the currently trending buzz about sustainability and recycling, India has had traditions in this direction since the Indus Valley civilisation, where clothes were reused and recycled. One such ...

"Paintings, people really don’t understand. They don’t really get paintings. Quilts they do understand because everybody has a quilt in their house," said Faith Ringgold, an American artist, known for ...

Remember those skirts that a quintessential English woman used to be seen wearing in the 60s movies? Be it Maria’s attire in The Sound of Music or Lucille Ball’s iconic polka dot dress in I Love Lucy, ...