Quilting might not be the most obvious interest for someone like computer scientist and author Theodore Gray. But it was Gray who encouraged his girlfriend, animator Nina Paley, to buy a huge quilting ...

Michelle Kitto helps Elise Little, 9, pin her pattern to the fabric she chose during a summer camp. The girls were making tote bags. Elise Little, (front) Shannah Roberts and Erin McElhone choose ...

Rose Lawrence folds donated fabric on Friday at the Rogers Public Library preparing for the Quilters United In Learning Together quilt show set for April 21-22 at the Benton County Fairgrounds.

Owner Dana Miller poses for a portrait at Coastside Quilt Studio in Pacifica on Nov. 30. Photo by Magali Gauthier. A quilt is a multilayered thing, both physically and, in many cases, metaphorically.