Arlen Bird rummages through dozens of quilts, pausing occasionally to cast an appreciative eye at the handiwork from the 19th Century.”This is very elaborate, very Victorian,” Bird says as she ...

Woven on The Loom Of Memory. By Jonathan Padget. November 26, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. EST ...

Laisingphee is a cotton quilt that is special to Assam, Tripura and Manipur. ... Unlike the usual cotton quilt that is stitched, these are woven on a fly shuttle loom.

Those childhood memories are hand-stitched into the quilts she makes. In those days, Henry said, quilters would throw in an old dress, a shirt, a piece of pants to make quilts.