WAYNESBORO As Bertha, Ruth and Florence Showalter bend over a new quilting project on its table-length frame, the handiwork of generations of Showalters -- and Heatwoles, Hostetters and other women of ...

Row upon row of women sit hunched over sewing machines. Needles clack. Rotary cutters slice fabric into strips. The sweet smell of ironing hangs in the air. Lake Arrowhead sparkles out the window.

SNOW HILL, Md. (AP) -- Janine Dufrene's fingers gingerly guided her needle into the soft, cotton face of the quilt stretched on a quilting frame. Around her, half a dozen ladies worked, their short, ...

Volunteer quilters at Kahala Nui pose with some of the 80 quilts they made to give as Christmas gifts. From left are Christine Caguioa, director of nursing; Kelly Penn, director of life enrichment; ...

In centuries past, women sat in a circle around a large frame and made quilts. Today's modern take on the sewing bee is the quilting guild, and the pastime has never been more popular. There are more ...

On any Thursday morning, the library's normally staid conference room is a riot of color and abuzz with sewing-machine sounds, laughter and quiet conversations at every table. Four quilters sit on ...

Jan Hall keeps the sewing machine humming, as she feeds squares of fabric through it. Doris Lyon sits patiently beside a quilting frame, making small stitches on a brightly colored quilt. Jan Hall ...