Bay Window Quilt Shop opened 30 years ago, in the summer of 1989. The store’s 5,000 square feet of retail space is filled with a variety of fabrics, patterns and gifts. Bay Window is staffed by 12 ...

Depending on the pattern, a seemingly innocent quilt left on a porch or fence or hung in a window could signal to slaves on the plantation to get ready to escape (Monkey Wrench pattern), go north ...