Lauren Ro is interested in baby gear (she’s a new mom) and the ins-and-outs of decorating a home. Prior to the Strategist, she was a writer at Curbed, and before that was Wes Anderson’s assistant.

In honor of Black History Month, Etsy debuted nine online stores featuring work by Gee’s Bend quilters (including Doris Pettway Mosely, who is pictured here). Courtesy of Nest The women of Gee’s Bend, ...

Craftwork from the famed quilters of Gee’s Bend can be found in the collections of blue-chip institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum.

Over the past few decades, the quilts of Gee’s Bend have become the type of work that one is most likely to come across in a museum. Colorful and abstract, the pieces are made by African-American ...

In its most basic form, a quilt is two layers of fabric stitched together, often with a layer fof fluffy insulation sandwiched in between. In practice, quilts are a thrillingly diverse category — ...