Sister Ruth Mattingly says quilting is very relaxing for her. “No one is pressuring you to hurry up,” she said. As she shows me a quilt she’s currently working on, she gives me some basic tips for hand quilting: Tip one: Use a size 5 needle. You don’t want the needle size too big. Small…

Sister Emerentia Wiesner has been sewing since she was a little girl. Her mother sewed and she wanted to sew with her, so her mother let her baste and her mother would sew. Sister Emerentia said it was a while before her mother let her use the sewing machine. Once she was allowed to use…