DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Look at the front of a quilt and you see colorful pieces of fabric arranged to make a pleasing work of art. Step closer and you may see another type of art: stitches in the ...

Dawn Thompson threads the needle of her long-arm quilting machine in Davenport, Iowa. Thompson used half-square triangles left over from the making of other quilts for this creation. A completed quilt ...