Pat Van Burkleo wasn’t looking for a hobby when his mother decided she wanted to make quilts for her grandchildren. Quilting was new to her, and she wanted her son’s input on picking out fabrics and ...

Stanford University computer science graduate student Mackenzie Leake has been quilting since age 10, but she never imagined the craft would be the focus of her doctoral dissertation. Included in that ...

In describing the allure of paper piece quilts, Leake cites the modern aesthetic and high level of control and precision. The seams of the quilt are sewn through the paper pattern and, as the seaming ...