Tag: Quilted

  • A Quilted Ice Hut on a Minnesota Lake Celebrates Community, Agriculture, and Craft

    For residents of the Upper Midwest and Canada—the land of lakes—ice shanties are ubiquitous winter fixtures. From the huge temporary villages that emerge on Wisconsin’s Lake Winnebago for sturgeon-spearing season to ramshackle, hand-built huts dotting Ontario’s Lake Simcoe, these vernacular structures are designed around openings or hatches in the floors so that hardy northerners can read more

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    A Quilted Ice Hut on a Minnesota Lake Celebrates Community, Agriculture, and Craft