Phylicia Rashad

Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it's sitting down making a quilt, in a kitchen preparing a meal, in a club reading the same book, or around the table playing cards, or planning a birthday party, when women come together with a collective intention, magic happens.

American Actress

Allan Hamilton

I tell residents, if you gave me two patients with identical problems, and one of them had family at the bedside with a lot of laughter, plus photos and a quilt from home, and next door was another patient who was alone every time I came by - I'm going to be very nervous about the isolated patient's mental status.

American Businessman

Jennifer Chiaverini

Anyone who works on a quilt, who devotes her time, energy, creativity, and passion to that art, learns to value the work of her hands. And as any quilter will tell you, a quilter's quilting friends are some of the dearest, most generous, and most supportive people she knows.

American Artist

Alfred Molina

When I look back on my career - if that's what it is - it looks a bit like a crazy quilt, and I think it's just really because, when one job has finished, I've never really been in a position where I had three or four options.

English Actor

Sam Heughan

I've been sent lots of lovely gifts - everything from candy and peanut butter to hand-made quilts, pictures, and clothing. I was once sent a crate of avocados. Fortunately, I love them.

Scottish Actor

Faith Ringgold

Paintings, people really don't understand... They don't really get paintings. Quilts they do understand because everybody has a quilt in their house.

William Manchester

I wondered vaguely if this was when it would end, whether I would pull up tonight's darkness like a quilt and be dead and at peace evermore.

American Historian

Peter Landesman

Our brains have this habit of quilting dreams from the fabrics of our lives. As a filmmaker, I get to do it for a living.

American Director

Mary J. Blige

I like to do interior design, I love to quilt, I love to see different colors together, and I love to match things up.

American Musician

Coy Bowles

My mother is very good at sewing and makes wonderful quilts.

Quilts can be made with various materials, affecting their warmth and texture.

Material Variation

Quilting is a traditional craft, often signifying homeliness or heritage.

Historical Craft

Quilts are sometimes made from meaningful fabrics, like baby clothes or T-shirts.

Sentimental Value

Quilting can be a creative outlet and a way to produce unique artwork.

Artistic Hobby

Quilting is often a group activity, fostering social bonds and collaboration.

Social Activity

Quilting isn't just for warmth; it can also add aesthetic appeal to items.

Decorative Function

Quilt patterns in fashion mimic the texture or look of actual quilts.

Fashion Imitation

Quilt designs have evolved into modern forms, appearing in various fashion pieces.

Modern Adaptation

Quilt patterns are found on more than bed coverings, including clothing and accessories.

Beyond Blankets

 out it's a bunch of quilts hanging back here I can actually tell by looking at Amish people made this this one here for example you can actually see the pencil marks where they laid a pattern on top of it exactly with like here she went outside of the lines a little bit what I really noticed is the brightness of this fabric that she chose

Amish Tourism PIPE Amish:...

 States sent me the most amazing things there's a quilt in the back of the barn that I hung up and the lady sent me a note and just said I've suffered from depression my whole life and if this makes anybody smile that'll make me happy and that gives me chills I want

See Why These Cute...

 located at the edges. So to invoke another metaphor, if you imagine social networks as a kind of vast fabric of humanity -- I'm connected to you and you to her, on out endlessly into the distance -- this fabric is actually like an old-fashioned American quilt,

Nicholas Christakis: The...

 We assemble a cozy quilt of space-time where world lines look curved. Where the world lines join, the objects collide. By making these connections between the patches, a curvature gets built into space-time itself. But Einstein's true genius

The fundamentals of...

 I felt like I was floating, floating on the love and prayers of all those who hummed around me like worker bees, bringing me notes and socks and flowers and quilts embroidered with words of encouragement. But when they sat beside me,

"Everything happens for...

 people are disconnected from our military so most of our veterans are home now why does it matter well it's more important than ever they don't need our care packages and quilts anymore if you need to come back to a country that

Lessons we can learn...

 Under constant guard, she composed songs expressing her love for her people and began making a patchwork quilt that told the story of her life. While she was only allowed news that had been reviewed by her jailers,

The dark history of the...

 protecting warriors from even the fiercest physical attacks. These hardy structures were made not from iron or steel, but rather something unexpectedly cotton. These thickly woven, layered quilts of cotton

Why is cotton in...

 That we have quilts and clay and calligraphy and everywhere your eye turns, there's something beautiful looking back at you, that's deliberate. That's intentional. In my view, it is this kind of world

Bill Strickland:...

 tide leads of clearwater of there the Bears hunting grounds have changed the vast white wilderness is becoming a patchwork quilt