Mike Wolanin | The Republic JoAnn Ferguson unloads boxes of dolls she is donating to the Columbus Firemen’s Cheer Fund at the Columbus Firemen’s Cheer Fund building in Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Nov. 6 ...

A curious onlooker walking by the classroom of The Cotton Patch in Lafayette may hear the buzzing of sewing machines as a group of women feverishly sew to their heart’s content. There is an array of ...

Mary Hall likes puzzles. She makes dozens of small quilts every year,some tiny ones, for the Redwood Empire Quilters Guild. “People give me fabric and scraps, and I love little scrap quilts. I love ...

Little girls, practicing for future motherhood, put their dollies down for naps in tiny doll beds. It's a natural part of their development, like training wheels before racing down the street in ...

People hold on to handmade quilts for good reason. Each stitch, each swath of fabric, each selection of color and pattern was considered before a patchwork of talent, care and generosity joined them ...

It’s morning at the Baltimore Museum of Art and, apart from the far-off echoes of unseen workers, the occasional slam of a distant door, the main hall is wrapped in a reverent hush that makes you ...

LAFAYETTE — A curious onlooker walking by the classroom of The Cotton Patch in Lafayette may hear the buzzing of sewing machines as a group of women feverishly stitch to their hearts’ content. Then as ...