Rooster Creek quilting guild members Ruth Burt, left, and Tonya McDonald helped work on the two quilts that will be raffled off as a fundraiser at the Rooster Creek Quilt Show. Funds raised from the ...

Two historians say African American slaves may have used a quilt code to navigate the Underground Railroad. Quilts with patterns named "wagon wheel," "tumbling blocks," and "bear's paw" appear to have ...

As a hobby, quilting is often about remembering loved ones. Today almost a million Americans make some kind of quilt, including replica Revolutionary War quilts, and, increasingly Underground Railroad ...

Red Wing, Minn. -- Abandoned as a baby and shuffled from one place to another as a child - including a trip on the Orphan Train - Marjorie Peterson persevered until she found love, family and a home ...