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Tata Bakradze
Tata Bakradze lives in the Republic of Georgia where she began as a painter, and now uses quilting as another form of artistic expression. She originally did not like quilting, however, after she took a class taught by Karen Musgrave she became more…
Helen Aponte
Helen Aponte has been quilting for about 25 years, but did not fully get into quilting until after she retired. She is largely self-taught, however, she has taken some lessons once she became a more avid quilter. She enjoys using scraps of fabrics as…
Alva Barrett
Alva Barrett is a quilter and member of the National Society of Daughters of the Americna Revolution, Tillicum chapter. She grew up in the South, and began quilting at age 16 because her entire family and community quilted. She is extremely…
Chrissy Atwater
Chrissy Atwater is a quiltmaker from Florida, part of the Venice Area Quilt Guild and a smaller internal group called the Cut-Ups. She's been quilting for over 50 years and learned from her grandmother. Initially, she was apprehensive about quilting,…
Margaret Asiello
Margaret Asiello is a quilter from Portland, Oregon. She is a member of the Oregon State Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Beaver Chapter. Asiello enjoys most the fine detail and sense of accomplishment she feels when quilting. She values…
Joyce Ashley
Joyce Ashley is a quilter from Michigan who began quilting around age 60. She gained an interest from watching her mother-in-law quilt with her guild, but is almost entirely self-taught. She mainly quilts for children through Charitable Union at her…
Salinda Ash
Salinda Ash is quilter from Michigan who began in 1988 when she switched from apparel to quiltmaking. She learned to sew from her mother and finds fabric choice the most pleasant part of quiltmaking. Ash belongs to the Cal-Co Quilters Guild, and a…
Onalee Arnold
Onalee Arnold is a quilter from Marion, Iowa who is a member of the Iowa State Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Marion-Linn chapter. She began quilting upon her mother's death in 1987. She is from a family of quiltmakers and taught her…
Lela Anders
Lela Anders is a quiltmaker from Alabama. She began quilting at around age 20, when her sister-in-law taught her how to. In this interview she describes a quilt she made for her granddaughter out of her old cheerleading outfits.
Ann Anastastio
Ann Anastastio is a quiltmaker from central Illinois and is living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She's a member of the Studio Art Quilt Assocition and the Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild, and also teaches for the Parks and Recreation department in…
Eleanor Wertz Alpha
Eleanor Wertz Alpha is a retired business education teacher living in Memphis, Tennessee. Although all of the women in her family were quiltmakers, she did not begin to quilt until she retired from 30 years of teaching. Alpha praises new quiltmaking…
Bob Adams
Bob Adams is a retired high school art teacher from Colorado living in Lafayette, Indiana. He started quilting in the mornings before going to school and continued after his retirement with a strong interest in Harvest Moons. He became serious about…