Why we love quilts / by Merikay Waldvogel -- Are you a quilting fanatic? / by Ami Simms -- Ruth's crazy quilt / by Sydney Dayre -- An honest soul / by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman -- Mandy's quilting-party / by Anonymous -- Fannie and the Busy Bees / by Carolyn O'Bagy Davis -- Hannah's quilting / by Anonymous -- Alice's tulips / by Sandra Dallas -- The low cost of quilting / by A. B. Silver -- The quilters hall of fame / by Karen Biedler Alexander -- Quilting outlaw / by Lisa Boyer -- Quilts as women's art / by Shelly Zegart -- Starting from square one / by Helen Kelley -- The rose and lily quilt / by Elsie Singmaster -- The Ashley star / by Marjorie Hill Allee.