Last year we did a column on kitsch crafts, and one of the featured projects was an apron made of men’s ties. We presented the apron to a friend on her birthday, and she advised us during the holiday ...

Newly retired, Dad waited by the front door to take my mom grocery shopping. “Tom, you can’t wear that,” Mom exclaimed. “Why? Don’t I match?” he asked. A fair question, since Dad was notoriously color ...

Tie quilting is a quick way to finish the quilt and the easiest of the quilting options.

PORTERS NECK – As Pat Mazur boxed up her late husband’s clothes to donate to charity earlier this year, she found one thing she couldn’t bear to give away – or rather 65 of them. John, who passed away ...

Tootie Watford is a self-taught quilter. Her traditional and contemporary designs reflect her innate creativity and remarkable use of color and pattern. As the granddaughter of a quilter, Tootie, had ...

I’m a folklorist, not an historian. My kind typically uses the past to help understand the present, rather than treating the past as subject matter in its own right. So I find myself turning Black ...