<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="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="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="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="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="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="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="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="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>

