"The whole community of women would quilt all the time. They've been quilting nearly 80 to 100 years. We've been around for a very long time," she said. "Freedom Quilting Bee was one of those ...

Quilting developed another function in early colonial America, that of social interaction. The quilting bee was a gathering where women got together to socialize and quilt and was a way of interacting ...

The quilting bee was a gathering where women got together to socialize and quilt and was a way of interacting within the community. Today, we appreciate that each quilt tells a story which is more ...