Quilt artists create textiles to display or cozy up with

A late 19th-century quilt featuring a Windmill Blades pattern sold for $11,000 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2020. Image courtesy of Freeman’s and LiveAuctioneers.
A late 19th-century quilt featuring a Windmill Blades pattern sold for $11,000 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2020. Image courtesy of Freeman’s and LiveAuctioneers.
A late 19th-century quilt featuring a Windmill Blades pattern sold for $11,000 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2020. Image courtesy of Freeman’s and LiveAuctioneers.

NEW YORK (AP) – In this winter of hunkering down at home, there’s a trend that’s just right for the times: quilts as decor and as art. An artistic quilt might be displayed prominently on a wall, thrown over a couch, or just folded and hung from the rungs of a ladder. (Or you could cozy up with it.) “Quilts bring warmth, depth and texture to any room,” says Suzy Williams, a quilter and graphic designer in Oak Park, Illinois. She offers tutorials and patterns for quilt-making on her website, Suzy Quilts.

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