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.

An ice storm is slowing morning commuters, but there’s no stopping the 10 members of the Sewing Circle who convene at a Geneva church for their quilting bee. “When I was out of town, I missed them,” ...

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 ...

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; ...

Sew Loved Women's Center has a variety of missions ― to teach, to provide a comfortable setting and to deliver needed services. It is all about the love of sewing and providing skill training. Vicki ...