Create carefree curved designs without ever cutting a curve! Nancy takes the stress out of piecing traditional quilt block designs such as the Drunkard’s Path, Blackbird Pie, and Mill Wheel ...

Blue-and-white "Drunkard's Path" quilt made by Mrs. C.C. Parmeter of Puyallup, Wash., in 1928. The cloth for the white background came from discarded Ku Klux Klan masks.

Fact, fiction, folklore, or a bit of all three: Did runaway slaves seek clues in the patterns of handmade quilts, strategically placed by members of the Underground Railroad? This ongoing debate ...

“The ‘Drunkard’s Path’ or ‘Solomon’s Puzzle’ pattern for example, was a way of telling travelers to travel by the river in a crooked line — as would a drunkard,” she said.