I even tried to volunteer, so they get to know us, because I was a single lady with three boys and it was looked down upon. It really was. But things have changed a lot. “Faces in the Crowd” is ...

At QuiltCon, the medium's radical history took center stage, with works that commented on censorship and corruption and called for change.

What image comes to mind when thinking of someone who sews quilts? Most likely, the image is a stereotypical one of a woman, perhaps one who is grandmotherly. But that would be, well, a bit sexist.