<s docid="LA102189-0167" num="9"> "I didn't know how quilts would work out here with all these modern homes," she says.</s>

<s docid="LA102189-0167" num="10"> "But when I started looking at the architecture with all the soaring ceilings, high walls and long hallways, I realized quilts would work very well".</s>

<s docid="LA102189-0167" num="11"> Fortunately for Turgeon, many interior designers and home decorators realized the same thing and have gone crazy over quilts.</s>

<s docid="LA102189-0167" num="12"> Not only do they show them off on beds, they hang them on walls and drape them over furniture.</s>

<s docid="LA102189-0167" num="19"> Turgeon finds no shortage of buyers for her custom quilts, which she stitches by hand out of her home in Laguna Hills under the name Peaceable Kingdom Quilts.</s>

<s docid="LA102189-0167" num="48"> Unlike store-bought comforters, custom quilts can reflect the tastes and personality of their owners.</s>

<s docid="LA102189-0167" num="53"> Custom quilts cost $500 to $1,500, depending on their size and the intricacy of the hand-stitching.</s>

<s docid="LA051889-0088" num="31"> Some state quilting guilds have published books with photographs and histories of the more interesting quilts.</s>

<s docid="LA081189-0137" num="9"> This weekend, the Orange County Quilters Guild lets you wrap yourself in history at its semiannual show, being held Saturday and Sunday in Cal State Fullerton's University Center.</s>

<s docid="LA081189-0137" num="10"> From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., visitors can view more than 200 handmade quilts, take part in seminars on quilting technique and shop for antique quilts, needlework and supplies offered by 26 local merchants.</s>

<s docid="LA081189-0137" num="37"> Handmade quilts became sought-after, and often pricey, items.</s>

<s docid="LA081189-0137" num="38"> Today, a handmade quilt at a retail store can run into four figures.</s>

<s docid="LA081189-0137" num="39"> At the Gazebo of New York store in South Coast Plaza, for example, prices range from $400 to almost $1,400.</s>

<s docid="LA081189-0137" num="40"> For those who would like to try their hand at quilting, the Orange County Quilters Guild show will include four one-hour seminars on such techniques as freezer-paper applique (creating applique patterns from heavy waxed paper), quilt basting and frame quilting.</s>

<s docid="LA081189-0137" num="41"> The classes will be held at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. guests can register at the information table at the show's entrance.</s>

<s docid="LA081189-0137" num="45"> Admission: $3 for adults and $2 for seniors and students; there will be a small materials fee for some classes.</s>

<s docid="LA060890-0112" num="14"> A collection of these things -- miniatures and colorful quilts -- will be brought together Saturday in San Pedro when the Las Primeras Auxiliary of the Assistance League of San Pedro-Palos Verdes stages its annual Quilt and Dollhouse Exhibit.</s>

<s docid="LA060890-0112" num="15"> The long-running event raises funds for South Bay charities supported by the league.</s>

<s docid="LA060890-0112" num="30"> People attending the show can buy $1 tickets for chances to take home three prizes: a handmade Irish chain quilt, which gets its name from the chain-like stitching; a miniature dollhouse with shingles, porch and fireplace, and one of Terrones' miniature wicker baby buggies.</s>

<s docid="LA020589-0188" num="11"> The Afro-American Quilters of Los Angeles is a group meeting once a month to create greater interest in and appreciation for quilting as an art form.</s>

<s docid="LA020589-0188" num="12"> Through their quilting activities they celebrate, extend and expand an American tradition that began when slaves preserved discarded fabrics through quilting.</s>

<s docid="LA020589-0188" num="13"> The group will offer workshops starting in March.</s>

<s docid="LA021989-0211" num="12"> Whatever folk art is, there is a wunnerful new exhibition of it that just opened at the County Museum of Art.</s>

<s docid="LA021989-0211" num="14"> Then there are quilts and scrimshaw.</s>

<s docid="LA032289-0006" num="10"> The classics of Hermes touched knees Tuesday with the more decorative designs of Valentino and Emanuel Ungaro as all three fashion houses showed their fall styles within a 24-hour span.</s>

<s docid="LA032289-0006" num="30"> Long, quilted circle skirts with button fronts, slim skirts in above-the-knee and ankle lengths, cuffed trousers, tufted or quilted jackets, plaid suits and short, sexy, draped dresses were all on the menu here.</s>

<s docid="LA032289-0006" num="36"> The designer's signature fabric this season is a mosaic of tiny geometric shapes, which look sewn together by hand, as if for a quilt.</s>

<s docid="LA032289-0006" num="37"> This fabric, in brights or shades of brown, showed up in skirts, jackets and coats throughout the collection.</s>

<s docid="LA102890-0220" num="10"> IN THE EARLY DAYS of our country, quilts weren't only for keeping people warm; some also recorded important events or chronicled everyday life.</s>

<s docid="LA102890-0220" num="11"> "Wrapped in Glory: Figurative Quilts & Bedcovers 1700-1900," at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art through Jan. 13, features 32 such creations, including "The Suffragette Quilt" (pictured), which illustrates the story of the women's-rights movement.</s>

<s docid="FT911-4184" num="41"> Collectable Costume, at 6 Bladud Buildings, is for all those who love old costumes, textiles, linen and lace.</s>

<s docid="FT911-4184" num="42"> There are beautiful plain white quilted 18th century bedspreads - made from cotton as tough as any you find today - lace-edged bedspreads and tablecloths, embroidered pillowslips all at reasonably friendly prices.</s>

<s docid="LA012890-0056" num="25"> There are also some very attractive quilted jackets (from about $100) that can be worn for play, as well as for dressier occasions.</s>

<s docid="LA012890-0056" num="57"> There are, for example, red quilted coats with Christmas tree linings (from about $85), to be worn with green felt hats (from about $30), as well as tot-size argyle socks (about $9) to be worn with color-coordinated woolen pedal pushers (about $58) with matching suspenders (about $18).</s>

<s docid="FT934-12949" num="9"> While today's working girls may be twisting ropes of fake pearls round their necks and wealthy socialites are trading in their diamonds for paste, Chanel is launching rings of peridot and amethysts and pearls, necklaces of diamonds and platinum, of coral and hand-carved agate, of sapphires, rubies and emeralds, rings and bracelets of diamonds, quilted gold and pearls.</s>

<s docid="FT934-12949" num="42"> The bracelets and rings, for instance, use the quilting theme so closely associated with Chanel's handbags, using platinum, diamonds and pearls to created the quilted effect.</s>

<s docid="FT934-12949" num="43"> Prices start at the equivalent of about Pounds 1,000 and go on up to Pounds 300,000 for the most expensive.</s>

<s docid="LA091490-0151" num="12"> The opening of the Orange County store means that Chanel aficionados will no longer have to travel to the boutique on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills for those precious quilted handbags or silk-lined suits, the kind with gold chains sewn into the hems so they hang just so.</s>

<s docid="LA091490-0151" num="38"> There's a red wool coat-style dress with a black velvet collar and</s>

<s docid="LA091490-0151" num="39"> gold buttons for $2,390, or a quilted silk parka with black satin trim and gold buttons, for about $2,800.</s>

<s docid="LA030790-0139" num="38"> Missoni has been the leading label for Italian knitwear ever since the company presented reversible knit and quilted jackets, several decades ago.</s>

<s docid="FT944-8434" num="37"> A touch of nostalgia here: hand-quilted patchwork bedspreads at Pounds 85 for a double 'wedding ring' design, tapestry cushions, waistcoats and footstools.</s>

<s docid="FT944-8434" num="46"> Lots of useful presents for the older set as well - magnifiers, candlesticks, salad bowls, a fine coir rug (Pounds 16.99) and some curiously nostalgic-looking patchwork quilts and throws.</s>

<s docid="LA041590-0023" num="28"> It all began when she saw the patchwork quilt designs being done by a co-worker at a design studio.</s>

<s docid="LA012989-0073" num="27"> Like the other Naj Oleari outlets throughout Italy, this shop sells book bags ($50), deck chairs ($125), umbrellas ($60), sneakers ($60), eyeglasses cases ($20), place mats ($50 per set of four), lamp shades ($60 and up), quilts ($500 and up), picture frames ($18 and up) and notebooks ($15 and up), all made from the company's popular 100% cotton fabrics.</s>

<s docid="LA012989-0073" num="29"> The shop also sells a limited selection of adult and children's clothing, plus uncut chintz and quilted and plastic laminated fabrics.</s>

<s docid="LA111690-0045" num="55"> Elsewhere, quilted cloth or patterned fabric substitutes for canvas, to "clothe" the painting's "body".</s>

<s docid="FT922-1999" num="41"> An instinctive feel for colour and design is evident in the traditionally patterned Mennonite quilts on show.</s>

<s docid="LA050490-0154" num="31"> Quilted fabrics, an especially strong treatment, appear on sportswear by Nautica, Ruff Hewn, Richard Mishaan and Mondo.</s>

<s docid="FT922-5444" num="20"> The handbags for summer come quilted in jewel-bright colours - fuschia, scarlet, butter yellow, aquamarine blue and for evening the same brilliant colours come in silk.</s>

<s docid="FT922-5444" num="22"> But they are quality-made and prices are high.</s>

<s docid="FT922-5444" num="23"> Little roped quilted bags start at Pounds 300, the belts at Pounds 250.</s>

<s docid="LA011889-0128" num="29"> Displayed against a stark black wall in the gallery is the traditional wedding kimono, with shimmering red, green and yellow flowers on a quilted, emerald satin background.</s>

