Enquanto elabora sua tese e se prepara para se casar Finn Dodd (Winona Ryder), uma jovem mulher, vai morar na casa da sua avó (Ellen Burstyn). Lá estão várias amigas da família, que preparam uma elaborada colcha de retalhos como presente de casamento. Enquanto o trabalho é feito ela ouve o relato de paixões e envolvimentos, nem sempre moralmente aprováveis mas repletos de sentimentos, que estas mulheres tiveram. Neste meio tempo ela se sente atraída por um desconhecido, criando dúvidas no seu coração que precisam ser esclarecidas.

A grandmother faintly narrates her quilts, as seen through the warped glass lens of a broken camera, a laptop webcam, and a clunky Xerox scanner.

Amid the tumult of the Arab Spring in Cairo, vendors in a small souk observe the political upheaval while seeking to preserve an ancient tradition of fabric making.

An abstract animated film, using computer and experimental techniques in choreographing quilt motifs and designs to music. A tribute to the unique and long-established art form of patchwork quilting. A film without words.

"Stitched" is a fun-filled documentary following three quilters racing to complete their entries for the International Quilt Festival, the largest and most competitive quilt show in the nation. Judged on a combination of craftsmanship and flair, traditionalists compete with newcomers as the competition features heated battles between hand and machine quilters, and a controversial painted nude piece that sparks debate.

Maxwell's grandma teaches him how she makes a quilt.